A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. Event id: ak19858337. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak19858337. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.5006 West, latitude 61.2576 North, depth = 39.6 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.6 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 20:25:40 / 8:25 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/07/18 / 2018-07-12 05:25:40 / July 12, 2018 @ 5:25 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gateway, Lakes, Tanaina (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 32 km W of Anchorage, Alaska.
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