A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. The temblor was picked up at 09:26:13 / 9:26 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.6 km (13 miles). Id of earthquake: ak20419939. Event ids that are associated: ak20419939. Exact location, longitude -150.1188° West, latitude 61.3862° North, depth = 21.6 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 18:26:13 / November 30, 2018 @ 6:26 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 22 km (14 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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