A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Girdwood in Alaska. Exact location of earthquake, -149.1495° West, 61.1829° North, depth 28.5 km. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:42:22 / 11:42 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.5 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/11/24 / 2024-11-24 23:42:22 / November 24, 2024 @ 11:42 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: ak024f4hr75h. Unique identifier: ak024f4hr75h.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Meadow Lakes, Tanaina, Lakes. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 26 km N of Girdwood, Alaska.
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