A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -150.0141° West, 61.472° North, depth 20.8 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.8 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: ak20422156. Event ids that are associated: ak20422156. Global time and date of event 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 09:18:21 / December 1, 2018 @ 9:18 am UTC/GMT. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:18:21 / 12:18 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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