A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska. A tsunami warning has been issued near Anchor Point in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 12:40:22 / 12:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -152.2675 West, latitude 59.8454 North, depth = 87.6 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 87.6 km (54 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/06/24 / 2024-06-01 12:40:22 / June 1, 2024 @ 12:40 pm. Unique identifier: ak024718lx5k. Ids that are associated to the event: at00seej7a, ak024718lx5k.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalifornsky, Homer (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 25 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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