A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes Kenai Peninsula, Alaska kilometers (0 miles) from Kenai Peninsula, Alaska on Saturday. Global time and date of event 13/05/17 / 2017-05-13 12:19:46 / May 13, 2017 @ 12:19 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: at00opw4wy, ak16027805. Unique identifier: ak16027805. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 73.2 km (45 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Kenai Peninsula, Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -151.9062 West, latitude 60.0668 North, depth = 73.2 km. The temblor was picked up at 12:19:46 / 12:19 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (32 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sterling, Kenai, Kalifornsky (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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