A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Ridgeway in Alaska. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/02/18 / 2018-02-04 14:24:39 / February 4, 2018 @ 2:24 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 76.2 km (47 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18326680. Id of event: ak18326680. The temblor was reported at 05:24:39 / 5:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 76.2 km, -150.9755° West, 60.5524° North.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalifornsky, Kenai, Sterling (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 23 km (14 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 15 km (10 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km ENE of Ridgeway, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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