A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18.9 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -149.9431° West, 61.4837° North, depth 18.9 km. Id of earthquake: ak024bftos9s. Event ids that are associated: ak024bftos9s. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/09/24 / 2024-09-05 01:46:35 / September 5, 2024 @ 1:46 am. The temblor was reported at 01:46:35 / 1:46 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 30 km (18 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 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), 32 km (20 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 4 km S of Big Lake, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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