A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/05/19 / 2019-05-03 08:52:44 / May 3, 2019 @ 8:52 am. Exact location of event, longitude -150.0973 West, latitude 61.3326 North, depth = 33.4 km. Unique identifier: ak0195nk6e84. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0195nk6e84. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33.4 km (21 miles). The temblor was picked up at 23:52:44 / 11:52 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. Epicenter of the earthquake was 17 km (10 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 16 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska.
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