A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:10:33 / 3:10 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.3 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 20.3 km, -150.1445° West, 61.3874° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/04/19 / 2019-04-05 12:10:33 / April 5, 2019 @ 12:10 pm. Event id: ak0194db9de2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0194db9de2.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 18 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska.
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