A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Redoubt Volcano in Alaska on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 103 km (64 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 103 km, -152.626° West, 60.3155° North. Id of earthquake: ak16281854. Event ids that are associated: ak16281854. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/07/17 / 2017-07-07 14:28:53 / July 7, 2017 @ 2:28 pm. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:28:53 / 5:28 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kenai, Kalifornsky (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km SSE of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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