A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska kilometers (0 miles) from Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -151.7303 West, latitude 60.7665 North, depth = 50 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/07/16 / 2016-07-31 01:59:25 / July 31, 2016 @ 1:59 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 50 km (31 miles). Unique identifier: ak13819823. Ids that are associated to the event: ak13819823. The temblor was reported at 01:59:25 / 1:59 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sterling, Kalifornsky, Kenai.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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