A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/11/19 / 2019-11-02 22:26:12 / November 2, 2019 @ 10:26 pm. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:26:12 / 1:26 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak019e2fpc17. Ids that are associated to the event: ak019e2fpc17. Exact location of earthquake, -149.8911° West, 61.4351° North, depth 24 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 24 km (15 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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