A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Whittier in Alaska. The temblor was picked up at 18:37:34 / 6:37 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0194oqtpga. Id of event: ak0194oqtpga. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/04/19 / 2019-04-12 03:37:34 / April 12, 2019 @ 3:37 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.3629 West, latitude 60.6241 North, depth = 15.9 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.9 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Elmendorf Air Force Base (c. 6 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Anchorage, Elmendorf Air Force Base. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each 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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