A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:34:48 / 3:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -152.7085 West, latitude 59.5382 North, depth = 90.4 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/08/15 / 2015-08-17 23:34:48 / August 17, 2015 @ 11:34 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 90.4 km (56 miles). Id of earthquake: ak11680916. Event ids that are associated: us1000331e, ak11680916.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 55 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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