A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Exact location, longitude -150.1149° West, latitude 61.4077° North, depth = 35 km. Global time and date of event 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 21:11:18 / November 30, 2018 @ 9:11 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was picked up at 12:11:18 / 12:11 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000hyq0. Event ids that are associated: us1000hyq0.
Event epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 31 km (19 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). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-nine, in the last 10 days fifty, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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