A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Global time and date of event 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 17:55:04 / November 30, 2018 @ 5:55 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.9 km (12 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.9681 West, latitude 61.3705 North, depth = 18.9 km. Unique identifier: ak20419455. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20419455. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:55:04 / 8:55 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 17 km (11 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km S of Big Lake, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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