A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska. Exact location of event, depth 98.6 km, -152.9755° West, 59.7335° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: ak12052068. Ids that are associated to the event: ak12052068. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/11/15 / 2015-11-24 03:24:44 / November 24, 2015 @ 3:24 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 18:24:44 / 6:24 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 98.6 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 64 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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