A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 69 km (43 miles). Event id: ak02453p21ci. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mdfi, ak02453p21ci. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/04/24 / 2024-04-20 07:39:57 / April 20, 2024 @ 7:39 am. Exact location of event, depth 69 km, -152.0759° West, 59.7557° North. The temblor was picked up at 07:39:57 / 7:39 am (local time epicenter).
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). Event epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 13 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska.
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