A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 20 km (12 miles). The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:03:24 / 11:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 20 km, -150.1207° West, 61.3957° North. Id of earthquake: ak0193n0256. Event ids that are associated: ak0193n0256. Global time and date of event 02/01/19 / 2019-01-02 20:03:24 / January 2, 2019 @ 8:03 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 16 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska.
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