A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Exact location, longitude -149.9219° West, latitude 61.4284° North, depth = 32.8 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 32.8 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 07:46:20 / 7:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 16:46:20 / December 1, 2018 @ 4:46 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ak20424220. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20424220.
Epicenter of the event was 23 km (15 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourty-five, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km S of Big Lake, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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