A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -149.9115° West, 61.5057° North, depth 32.9 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 18:19:22 / December 1, 2018 @ 6:19 pm. The temblor was reported at 09:19:22 / 9:19 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 32.9 km (20 miles). Id of earthquake: ak20424634. Event ids that are associated: ak20424634.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes.
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 2 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska.
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