A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 09:52:44 / 9:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.9864 West, latitude 61.3595 North, depth = 20 km. Event id: ak0195uca49z. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0195uca49z. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/05/19 / 2019-05-07 18:52:44 / May 7, 2019 @ 6:52 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 20 km (12 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 16 km (10 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 earthquakes 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 0, in the last 10 days two, 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 have been detected in the same area.
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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: 16 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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