A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Homer in Alaska on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 01:51:26 / 1:51 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak01955eg6wm. Unique identifier: ak01955eg6wm. Global time and date of event 22/04/19 / 2019-04-22 10:51:26 / April 22, 2019 @ 10:51 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.5 km (25 miles). Exact location, longitude -151.6827° West, latitude 59.5396° North, depth = 40.5 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 13 km SSW of Homer, Alaska.
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