A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Friday. The temblor was detected at 09:21:39 / 9:21 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 9.6 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 9.6 km, -150.1033° West, 61.3976° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 18:21:39 / November 30, 2018 @ 6:21 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20419903. Id of event: ak20419903.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 15 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska.
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