A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Kachemak City in Alaska on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/09/24 / 2024-09-01 13:20:20 / September 1, 2024 @ 1:20 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48.5 km (30 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:20:20 / 1:20 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak024b9eizri. Unique identifier: ak024b9eizri. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -151.4994 West, latitude 59.6591 North, depth = 48.5 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 3 km (2 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalifornsky, Homer. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km WSW of Kachemak City, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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