A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Juneau in Alaska. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:32:34 / 6:32 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000bfhv. Event ids that are associated: us6000bfhv. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.4 km (1 miles). Exact location of event, depth 1.4 km, -133.4603° West, 58.3493° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/08/20 / 2020-08-16 06:32:34 / August 16, 2020 @ 6:32 am.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from Juneau (c. 31 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Juneau. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 56 km E of Juneau, Alaska.
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