A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 68.56 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -151.7775° West, latitude 59.7707° North, depth = 68.56 km. Global time and date of event 14/10/16 / 2016-10-14 12:59:04 / October 14, 2016 @ 12:59 pm UTC/GMT. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:59:04 / 4:59 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00of1g2h, us20007e2x. Id of event: us20007e2x. A tsunami warning has been issued near Anchor Point in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalifornsky, Homer. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 3 km ESE of Anchor Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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