A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Ninilchik in Alaska on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 20/12/24 / 2024-12-20 04:03:21 / December 20, 2024 @ 4:03 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ak024gb66mji. Ids that are associated to the event: ak024gb66mji. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -152.3344 West, latitude 60.3491 North, depth = 85.5 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:03:21 / 4:03 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 85.5 km (53 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer, Sterling, Kenai.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 49 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska.
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