A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19.2 km (12 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -150.0341° West, 61.4882° North, depth 19.2 km. Global time and date of event 22/02/19 / 2019-02-22 23:35:42 / February 22, 2019 @ 11:35 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ak0192g1dyhe. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0192g1dyhe. The temblor was picked up at 14:35:42 / 2:35 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 5 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska.
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