A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/04/19 / 2019-04-10 17:04:50 / April 10, 2019 @ 5:04 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.9 km (11 miles). The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:04:50 / 8:04 am (local time epicenter). Event id: ak0194lnw1ib. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0194lnw1ib. Exact location of earthquake, -149.9903° West, 61.4059° North, depth 16.9 km.
Event epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. Close 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 13 km S of Big Lake, Alaska.
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