A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. The temblor was detected at 23:54:09 / 11:54 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.1 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/01/19 / 2019-01-26 08:54:09 / January 26, 2019 @ 8:54 am. Event id: ak019175235j. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak019175235j. Exact location of event, longitude -150.0449 West, latitude 61.3799 North, depth = 20.1 km.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 20 km (12 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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