A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Exact location, longitude -149.9604° West, latitude 61.4293° North, depth = 18.6 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak0195a9yrea. Unique identifier: ak0195a9yrea. The temblor was picked up at 20:31:17 / 8:31 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18.6 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/04/19 / 2019-04-25 05:31:17 / April 25, 2019 @ 5:31 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. Event epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-seven 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 10 km S of Big Lake, Alaska.
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