A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Exact location, longitude -150.0586° West, latitude 61.4813° North, depth = 35.2 km. Unique identifier: ak14747186. Ids that are associated to the event: ak14747186. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:12:31 / 4:12 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 35.2 km (22 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/12/16 / 2016-12-17 13:12:31 / December 17, 2016 @ 1:12 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (19 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 7 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska.
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