A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/01/19 / 2019-01-09 07:50:41 / January 9, 2019 @ 7:50 am UTC/GMT. Event id: ak019f0ayph. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak019f0ayph. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.2 km (13 miles). Exact location, longitude -150.0856° West, latitude 61.3803° North, depth = 21.2 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:50:41 / 10:50 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 17 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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