A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported Kenai Peninsula, Alaska kilometers (0 miles) from Kenai Peninsula, Alaska on Friday. Global time and date of event 05/05/17 / 2017-05-05 17:37:49 / May 5, 2017 @ 5:37 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 77.9 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 17:37:49 / 5:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 77.9 km, -151.7767° West, 60.5736° North. Event id: ak15924862. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak15924862.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sterling, Kalifornsky, Kenai (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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