A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.9 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/03/19 / 2019-03-03 04:04:58 / March 3, 2019 @ 4:04 am. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:04:58 / 7:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.2813 West, latitude 61.1636 North, depth = 19.9 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak0192ulq8i8. Unique identifier: ak0192ulq8i8.
Event epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby 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 Meadow Lakes, Tanaina, Lakes.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 33 km E of Anchorage, Alaska.
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