A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:14:01 / 12:14 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 93.6 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/12/18 / 2018-12-10 09:14:01 / December 10, 2018 @ 9:14 am. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20486459. Unique identifier: ak20486459. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -152.515 West, latitude 60.0384 North, depth = 93.6 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 48 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska.
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