A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska. Unique identifier: ak02017d6fr8. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007gqw, ak02017d6fr8. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.9 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -152.4448 West, latitude 59.2978 North, depth = 53.9 km. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:18:10 / 12:18 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/01/20 / 2020-01-26 22:18:10 / January 26, 2020 @ 10:18 pm.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor 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. 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: 61 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska.
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