A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/02/18 / 2018-02-14 07:05:50 / February 14, 2018 @ 7:05 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -152.952 West, latitude 59.6948 North, depth = 92.4 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak18435950. Unique identifier: ak18435950. The temblor was detected at 22:05:50 / 10:05 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 92.4 km (57 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and one 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 63 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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