A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/06/16 / 2016-06-16 03:53:31 / June 16, 2016 @ 3:53 am. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:53:31 / 7:53 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13651259. Id of event: ak13651259. The epicenter was at a depth of 90.2 km (56 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -152.2838° West, 59.9426° North, depth 90.2 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalifornsky, Homer.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 31 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska.
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