A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude -150.0741° West, latitude 61.3859° North, depth = 19.8 km. Global time and date of event 29/01/19 / 2019-01-29 11:59:03 / January 29, 2019 @ 11:59 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.8 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:59:03 / 2:59 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak0191c5hhhl. Unique identifier: ak0191c5hhhl.
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. Event epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 47 km (30 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days five hundred and seven 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 16 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska.
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