A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Willow in Alaska. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:14:19 / 5:14 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak20210266. Unique identifier: ak20210266. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/08/18 / 2018-08-26 02:14:19 / August 26, 2018 @ 2:14 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.9182 West, latitude 61.9342 North, depth = 36 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Close 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 Elmendorf Air Force Base, Eagle River, Palmer.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 21 km NNE of Willow, Alaska.
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