A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Kalifornsky in Alaska on Thursday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:58:17 / 9:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/07/17 / 2017-07-07 07:58:17 / July 7, 2017 @ 7:58 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kalifornsky in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.9 km (39 miles). Exact location, longitude -151.6401° West, latitude 60.4624° North, depth = 62.9 km. Event id: ak16277467. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak16277467, at00ospnh4.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 20 km (12 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Homer, Sterling, Kenai (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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