A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/01/19 / 2019-01-10 06:59:01 / January 10, 2019 @ 6:59 am. Exact location, longitude -150.0638° West, latitude 61.3403° North, depth = 20.2 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:59:01 / 9:59 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak019gnapwi. Event ids that are associated: ak019gnapwi. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20.2 km (13 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 16 km (10 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (16 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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