A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Sunday. Id of earthquake: ak14147972. Event ids that are associated: ak14147972. The temblor was reported at 17:48:40 / 5:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -149.8794° West, 61.5741° North, depth 47.5 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/10/16 / 2016-10-03 01:48:40 / October 3, 2016 @ 1:48 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.5 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Anchorage, Elmendorf Air Force Base (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy-six 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. 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: 7 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska.
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