A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Sutton-Alpine in Alaska on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude -148.665 West, latitude 61.7332 North, depth = 4.6 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/03/19 / 2019-03-26 10:57:34 / March 26, 2019 @ 10:57 am. The temblor was reported at 01:57:34 / 1:57 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 4.6 km (3 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0193wqz4ey. Id of event: ak0193wqz4ey.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Elmendorf Air Force Base, Eagle River, Knik-Fairview. Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km SE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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