A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska. Exact location of event, depth 54.9 km, -151.8161° West, 59.7924° North. Unique identifier: ak14204954. Ids that are associated to the event: at00of1g2h, us20007e2x, ak14204954. A tsunami warning has been issued near Anchor Point in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 54.9 km (34 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/10/16 / 2016-10-14 12:59:05 / October 14, 2016 @ 12:59 pm. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:59:05 / 4:59 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kenai, Kalifornsky, Homer (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km ESE of Anchor Point, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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