A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/04/18 / 2018-04-02 00:44:26 / April 2, 2018 @ 12:44 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18891922. Id of event: ak18891922. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:44:26 / 2:44 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 79.8 km (50 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -152.605 West, latitude 59.5692 North, depth = 79.8 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 49 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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