A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Event id: ak0195aui5k. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0195aui5k. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33.6 km (21 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:55:02 / 11:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -150.0784 West, latitude 61.4254 North, depth = 33.6 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/01/19 / 2019-01-03 20:55:02 / January 3, 2019 @ 8:55 pm.
The epicenter was 25 km (15 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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