A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska on Thursday. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:40:52 / 5:40 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 79 km (49 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak13654122. Unique identifier: ak13654122. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/06/16 / 2016-06-17 01:40:52 / June 17, 2016 @ 1:40 am. Exact location, longitude -152.0848° West, latitude 59.7232° North, depth = 79 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 15 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska.
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