A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Cohoe in Alaska. The temblor was picked up at 18:30:30 / 6:30 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 58.4 km (36 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/03/18 / 2018-03-03 03:30:30 / March 3, 2018 @ 3:30 am. Unique identifier: ak18577354. Ids that are associated to the event: ak18577354. Exact location, longitude -150.952° West, latitude 60.1971° North, depth = 58.4 km.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Homer, Kenai, Sterling (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 27 km SE of Cohoe, Alaska.
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