A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/10/15 / 2015-10-02 13:28:41 / October 2, 2015 @ 1:28 pm. Exact location of event, depth 95.9 km, -152.8866° West, 59.5667° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 95.9 km (60 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak11728765. Unique identifier: ak11728765. The temblor was detected at 05:28:41 / 5:28 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer. 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 five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 63 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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