A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. Exact location of earthquake, -150.0522° West, 61.3355° North, depth 32.8 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/02/19 / 2019-02-05 03:15:37 / February 5, 2019 @ 3:15 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: ak0191nl836f. Unique identifier: ak0191nl836f. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.8 km (20 miles). The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:15:37 / 6:15 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 15 km (10 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 26 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), 43 km (26 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days five hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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