A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/08/15 / 2015-08-07 08:51:53 / August 7, 2015 @ 8:51 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Anchor Point in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 71 km, -152.491° West, 59.721° North. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:51:53 / 12:51 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: at00nspfah. Unique identifier: at00nspfah.
Event epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Homer (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 37 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska.
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