A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Id of earthquake: ak20422432. Event ids that are associated: ak20422432. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 10:23:14 / December 1, 2018 @ 10:23 am. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:23:14 / 1:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -150.0813° West, 61.4165° North, depth 19.9 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 19.9 km (12 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourty, 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 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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