A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/03/16 / 2016-03-23 17:45:54 / March 23, 2016 @ 5:45 pm. Id of earthquake: ak13058971. Event ids that are associated: ak13058971. Exact location, longitude -151.9405° West, latitude 59.8217° North, depth = 53.6 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 53.6 km (33 miles). The temblor was detected at 09:45:54 / 9:45 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalifornsky, Homer (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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