A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Sutton-Alpine in Alaska. The temblor was detected at 05:17:16 / 5:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -148.474 West, latitude 61.9977 North, depth = 22.7 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/11/19 / 2019-11-16 14:17:16 / November 16, 2019 @ 2:17 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: ak019epgesz5. Unique identifier: ak019epgesz5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.7 km (14 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 62 km (38 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Palmer (c. 5 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Meadow Lakes, Wasilla, Tanaina (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Every 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 one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 29 km NE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska.
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