A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. Exact location of event, longitude -150.0695 West, latitude 61.3233 North, depth = 19.9 km. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:58:26 / 8:58 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.9 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak0193v0gt3k. Unique identifier: ak0193v0gt3k. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/03/19 / 2019-03-25 05:58:26 / March 25, 2019 @ 5:58 am.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 14 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska.
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