A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska on Monday. Event id: ak12456141. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak12456141. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/01/16 / 2016-01-11 13:06:18 / January 11, 2016 @ 1:06 pm. The temblor was picked up at 03:06:18 / 3:06 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 91.4 km (57 miles). Exact location, longitude -152.6943° West, latitude 59.3448° North, depth = 91.4 km.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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