A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -152.8182 West, latitude 59.5686 North, depth = 86.6 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 86.6 km (54 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak11686555. Unique identifier: ak11686555. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/08/15 / 2015-08-27 02:07:35 / August 27, 2015 @ 2:07 am UTC/GMT. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:07:35 / 6:07 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Homer. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, 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 has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 60 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska.
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