A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Sutton-Alpine in Alaska on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13607627. Id of event: ak13607627. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/05/16 / 2016-05-27 04:52:53 / May 27, 2016 @ 4:52 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 19 km (12 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -149.1389° West, 62.0985° North, depth 19 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:52:53 / 8:52 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Knik-Fairview, Wasilla, Gateway. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 36 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska.
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