A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 68.2 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:24:15 / 11:24 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/03/16 / 2016-03-26 21:24:15 / March 26, 2016 @ 9:24 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: ak13095327. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13095327. Exact location of event, longitude -151.9906 West, latitude 60.1241 North, depth = 68.2 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 51 km (31 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kenai, Homer, Kalifornsky. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 39 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska.
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