A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. Exact location of earthquake, -149.9922° West, 61.3642° North, depth 34.2 km. Id of earthquake: ak0195gwp8fh. Event ids that are associated: ak0195gwp8fh. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/04/19 / 2019-04-29 06:29:56 / April 29, 2019 @ 6:29 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.2 km (21 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:29:56 / 9:29 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 17 km (11 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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