A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Meadow Lakes in Alaska. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35.1 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -149.705 West, latitude 61.6411 North, depth = 35.1 km. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:26:36 / 3:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/05/19 / 2019-05-17 00:26:36 / May 17, 2019 @ 12:26 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ak0196aks6zz. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0196aks6zz.
Epicenter of the event was 48 km (30 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 15 km (10 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Close 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 Anchorage, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Eagle River.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km WNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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