A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Friday. Event id: ak20419904. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20419904. Exact location of earthquake, -149.8769° West, 61.4479° North, depth 33.1 km. The temblor was detected at 09:21:31 / 9:21 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 33.1 km (21 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 18:21:31 / November 30, 2018 @ 6:21 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-five, in the last 10 days fourty-six, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 9 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska.
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