A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/01/20 / 2020-01-26 22:18:09 / January 26, 2020 @ 10:18 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:18:09 / 12:18 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 67.7 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -152.4692° West, latitude 59.3249° North, depth = 67.7 km. Unique identifier: us60007gqw. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007gqw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 61 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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