A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Homer in Alaska. Unique identifier: ak15150466. Ids that are associated to the event: ak15150466. The temblor was reported at 19:33:08 / 7:33 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 33.3 km (21 miles). Exact location of event, depth 33.3 km, -151.7249° West, 59.1804° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/01/17 / 2017-01-25 04:33:08 / January 25, 2017 @ 4:33 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (33 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 52 km S of Homer, Alaska.
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