A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 67.7 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:51:45 / 5:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -152.8425° West, 59.4775° North, depth 67.7 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak0196kr35pq. Unique identifier: ak0196kr35pq. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/05/19 / 2019-05-23 15:51:45 / May 23, 2019 @ 3:51 pm.
The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Homer (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 66 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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