A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Homer in Alaska. Exact location, longitude -152.0782° West, latitude 59.2474° North, depth = 43.3 km. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:06:22 / 8:06 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 43.3 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/08/19 / 2019-08-15 17:06:22 / August 15, 2019 @ 5:06 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak019afp5hdv. Id of event: ak019afp5hdv.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Homer (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 53 km SW of Homer, Alaska.
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