A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Exact location of event, longitude -150.0154 West, latitude 61.4956 North, depth = 22.6 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 22.6 km (14 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/01/19 / 2019-01-02 11:12:14 / January 2, 2019 @ 11:12 am. Event id: ak0193hp2cu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0193hp2cu, us2000iztb. The temblor was detected at 02:12:14 / 2:12 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 31 km (20 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 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 five, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 4 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska.
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