A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 17:51:35 / November 30, 2018 @ 5:51 pm. Event id: ak20419433. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20419433. Exact location, longitude -149.9058° West, latitude 61.5266° North, depth = 33.2 km. The temblor was reported at 08:51:35 / 8:51 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.2 km (21 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Anchorage (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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