A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Id of earthquake: ak0195vvl0gt. Event ids that are associated: ak0195vvl0gt. The epicenter was at a depth of 19.9 km (12 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/05/19 / 2019-05-08 11:41:15 / May 8, 2019 @ 11:41 am. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:41:15 / 2:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -150.0431 West, latitude 61.4631 North, depth = 19.9 km.
The epicenter was 28 km (18 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 8 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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