A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Redoubt Volcano in Alaska. Exact location of earthquake, -152.981° West, 60.131° North, depth 132 km. The temblor was picked up at 12:38:45 / 12:38 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Redoubt Volcano in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: at00o6imol. Event ids that are associated: at00o6imol. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/05/16 / 2016-05-01 20:38:45 / May 1, 2016 @ 8:38 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 132 km (82 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Homer (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 97 km (60 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 sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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. 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: 41 km SSW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska.
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