A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Homer in Alaska. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.4 km (21 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Homer in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 02:21:24 / 2:21 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak17655712, at00p1gq7o, us1000bvll. Unique identifier: ak17655712. Exact location of event, longitude -151.3547 West, latitude 59.4665 North, depth = 34.4 km. Global time and date of event 24/12/17 / 2017-12-24 11:21:24 / December 24, 2017 @ 11:21 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Homer (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 22 km (14 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 22 km SSE of Homer, Alaska.
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