A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Homer in Alaska. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:04:42 / 5:04 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 63.8 km (40 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/03/18 / 2018-03-15 15:04:42 / March 15, 2018 @ 3:04 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: ak18698070. Unique identifier: ak18698070. Exact location of event, depth 63.8 km, -152.4383° West, 59.0353° North.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 84 km SW of Homer, Alaska.
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