A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/01/19 / 2019-01-01 08:19:05 / January 1, 2019 @ 8:19 am. The temblor was detected at 23:19:05 / 11:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 28.7 km, -149.7861° West, 61.531° North. Event id: ak0191sewcf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0191sewcf. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 28.7 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Anchorage, Elmendorf Air Force Base (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 9 km E of Big Lake, Alaska.
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