A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.0917 West, latitude 61.4108 North, depth = 19.9 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 06:59:15 / December 1, 2018 @ 6:59 am. The temblor was reported at 21:59:15 / 9:59 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.9 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20421632. Unique identifier: ak20421632.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 24 km (15 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 14 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska.
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