A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000a0j0, ak16375060. Id of event: ak16375060. Exact location of event, depth 96.4 km, -152.5286° West, 59.6761° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 96.4 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/07/17 / 2017-07-24 21:26:42 / July 24, 2017 @ 9:26 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 11:26:42 / 11:26 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Homer (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 43 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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