A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Homer in Alaska on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13829801. Id of event: ak13829801. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:10:36 / 2:10 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 50 km (31 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -151.0173° West, 59.1738° North, depth 50 km. Global time and date of event 04/08/16 / 2016-08-04 10:10:36 / August 4, 2016 @ 10:10 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Homer (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 60 km SSE of Homer, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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