A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Redoubt Volcano in Alaska. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 107 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/03/16 / 2016-03-12 21:57:54 / March 12, 2016 @ 9:57 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Redoubt Volcano in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: at00o3y50i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00o3y50i. Exact location of event, depth 107 km, -152.239° West, 60.239° North. The temblor was picked up at 12:57:54 / 12:57 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sterling, Homer, Kenai (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 39 km SE of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska.
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