A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.4 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 21:01:32 / 9:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -150.0714 West, latitude 61.3691 North, depth = 20.4 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/05/19 / 2019-05-10 06:01:32 / May 10, 2019 @ 6:01 am. Unique identifier: ak0195z3g018. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0195z3g018.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 19 km (12 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 18 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska.
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