A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 87.6 km (54 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 11:28:47 / 11:28 am (local time epicenter). Event id: ak020b9ddwap. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak020b9ddwap, us7000bfqw. Global time and date of event 01/09/20 / 2020-09-01 11:28:47 / September 1, 2020 @ 11:28 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -152.4704 West, latitude 59.753 North, depth = 87.6 km.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Homer. Epicenter of the event was 53 km (33 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 36 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska.
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