A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Meadow Lakes in Alaska. The temblor was detected at 03:14:21 / 3:14 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.8 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.7036 West, latitude 61.7478 North, depth = 40.8 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak0197l2wigc. Unique identifier: ak0197l2wigc. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/06/19 / 2019-06-14 12:14:21 / June 14, 2019 @ 12:14 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Anchorage, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Eagle River.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 14 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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