A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska. Exact location of event, depth 50 km, -152.2006° West, 60.0374° North. Global time and date of event 24/08/16 / 2016-08-24 03:34:22 / August 24, 2016 @ 3:34 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13876352. Id of event: ak13876352. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 19:34:22 / 7:34 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kenai, Kalifornsky, Homer. Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 35 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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