A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Fritz Creek in Alaska on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/08/15 / 2015-08-08 19:12:19 / August 8, 2015 @ 7:12 pm. Event id: ak11673274. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11673274. The temblor was reported at 11:12:19 / 11:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 0 km, -151.3063° West, 60.0414° North.
The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sterling, Kenai, Homer (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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