A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Houston in Alaska on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.6 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.8959 West, latitude 61.6887 North, depth = 32.6 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak0192j8b11q. Unique identifier: ak0192j8b11q. Global time and date of event 24/02/19 / 2019-02-24 16:37:35 / February 24, 2019 @ 4:37 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:37:35 / 7:37 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 52 km (33 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Anchorage, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Eagle River. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 7 km NNW of Houston, Alaska.
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