A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Homer in Alaska. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/12/17 / 2017-12-21 05:25:57 / December 21, 2017 @ 5:25 am. Exact location of event, longitude -151.2771 West, latitude 58.9251 North, depth = 23.9 km. Unique identifier: ak17626828. Ids that are associated to the event: ak17626828. The temblor was picked up at 19:25:57 / 7:25 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 23.9 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 five and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 81 km S of Homer, Alaska.
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