A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -151.6111 West, latitude 59.9741 North, depth = 47.5 km. Unique identifier: ak13507429. Ids that are associated to the event: ak13507429. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:15:57 / 1:15 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47.5 km (30 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/05/16 / 2016-05-01 21:15:57 / May 1, 2016 @ 9:15 pm UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (33 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sterling, Kenai, Kalifornsky.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 25 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska.
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