A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska on Thursday. Unique identifier: ak12677387. Ids that are associated to the event: ak12677387. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/02/16 / 2016-02-04 17:33:14 / February 4, 2016 @ 5:33 pm. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:33:14 / 8:33 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97 km (60 miles). Exact location of event, depth 97 km, -152.7169° West, 59.8624° North.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Homer. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days one hundred and in the last 365 days two hundred and seven 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 50 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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