A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Bear Creek in Alaska. The temblor was picked up at 17:50:31 / 5:50 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak019a3vq024. Unique identifier: ak019a3vq024. The epicenter was at a depth of 38.3 km (24 miles). Exact location, longitude -149.4382° West, latitude 60.368° North, depth = 38.3 km. Global time and date of event 08/08/19 / 2019-08-08 02:50:31 / August 8, 2019 @ 2:50 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sterling. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km N of Bear Creek, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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