A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Exact location of event, depth 32.2 km, -149.9561° West, 61.4877° North. Unique identifier: ak20420381. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20420381. The temblor was detected at 11:46:22 / 11:46 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 20:46:22 / November 30, 2018 @ 8:46 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32.2 km (20 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (19 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 32 km (20 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 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-seven, in the last 10 days ninety-eight, in the past 30 days ninety-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 3 km S of Big Lake, Alaska.
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