A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska on Friday. The temblor was detected at 21:20:10 / 9:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 122 km, -153.029° West, 59.795° North. Global time and date of event 30/01/16 / 2016-01-30 06:20:10 / January 30, 2016 @ 6:20 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Anchor Point in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: at00o1r5lm. Unique identifier: at00o1r5lm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 122 km (76 miles).
The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eighty, in the past 30 days eighty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 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: 67 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska.
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