A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:58:50 / 3:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 33.9 km, -149.9491° West, 61.3648° North. All ids that are associated to the event: ak0195f5rhn0, at00pqnc21. Unique identifier: ak0195f5rhn0. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33.9 km (21 miles). Global time and date of event 28/04/19 / 2019-04-28 00:58:50 / April 28, 2019 @ 12:58 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 17 km (10 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 16 km N of Anchorage, Alaska.
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