A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55.4 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/02/18 / 2018-02-27 15:27:09 / February 27, 2018 @ 3:27 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -152.2797° West, 59.4288° North, depth 55.4 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:27:09 / 5:27 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak18563946. Event ids that are associated: ak18563946.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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