A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska. Exact location of earthquake, -152.4757° West, 59.5835° North, depth 50.7 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50.7 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/11/15 / 2015-11-14 09:05:15 / November 14, 2015 @ 9:05 am. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:05:15 / 11:05 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak11903786. Ids that are associated to the event: ak11903786.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Homer (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 42 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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