A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Id of earthquake: ak0194qns32g. Event ids that are associated: ak0194qns32g. The temblor was detected at 10:19:14 / 10:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.9972 West, latitude 61.4739 North, depth = 35.1 km. Global time and date of event 13/04/19 / 2019-04-13 19:19:14 / April 13, 2019 @ 7:19 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35.1 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 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 fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 5 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska.
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