A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska. Global time and date of event 09/02/16 / 2016-02-09 21:17:13 / February 9, 2016 @ 9:17 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 111 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: at00o2atsp. Unique identifier: at00o2atsp. Exact location of earthquake, -152.985° West, 59.823° North, depth 111 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Anchor Point in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 12:17:13 / 12:17 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 64 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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