A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.9412 West, latitude 61.4073 North, depth = 20 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/05/19 / 2019-05-06 21:59:02 / May 6, 2019 @ 9:59 pm. Event id: ak0195sqkhcu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0195sqkhcu. The temblor was picked up at 12:59:02 / 12:59 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 21 km (13 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 12 km S of Big Lake, Alaska.
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