A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/01/16 / 2016-01-25 23:24:45 / January 25, 2016 @ 11:24 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:24:45 / 2:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 92.3 km, -152.8461° West, 59.8486° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 92.3 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: ak12517216. Event ids that are associated: ak12517216.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Homer. Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days fourty-eight, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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.
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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. 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: 57 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska.
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