A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/01/19 / 2019-01-02 15:16:02 / January 2, 2019 @ 3:16 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -149.9891° West, latitude 61.2949° North, depth = 31 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31 km (19 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0193k3hc7. Id of event: ak0193k3hc7. The temblor was picked up at 06:16:02 / 6:16 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 10 km (6 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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 NNW of Anchorage, Alaska.
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