A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/02/19 / 2019-02-02 22:14:56 / February 2, 2019 @ 10:14 pm. Id of earthquake: ak0191ixx414. Event ids that are associated: ak0191ixx414. The epicenter was at a depth of 20.5 km (13 miles). The temblor was picked up at 13:14:56 / 1:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -150.111° West, 61.3364° North, depth 20.5 km.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 17 km (11 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days five hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 17 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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