A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 79 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: at00ohgxz7. Unique identifier: at00ohgxz7. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:57:07 / 9:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -152.48° West, 59.948° North, depth 79 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/11/16 / 2016-11-30 18:57:07 / November 30, 2016 @ 6:57 pm. A tsunami warning has been issued near Anchor Point in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalifornsky, Homer (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 41 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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