A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 45.54 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 09:35:15 / 9:35 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000hyhy. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hyhy. Global time and date of event 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 18:35:15 / November 30, 2018 @ 6:35 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -149.9988° West, 61.405° North, depth 45.54 km.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days eighty-one 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. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 13 km S of Big Lake, Alaska.
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