A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska on Thursday. Event id: ak019g85wsn8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00q2s5xp, ak019g85wsn8. A tsunami warning has been issued near Anchor Point in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/12/19 / 2019-12-19 22:17:49 / December 19, 2019 @ 10:17 pm UTC/GMT. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:17:49 / 1:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 78.7 km, -152.199° West, 59.9538° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 78.7 km (49 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kenai, Kalifornsky, Homer (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 28 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska.
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