A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.7 km (21 miles). The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:57:37 / 8:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 17:57:37 / November 30, 2018 @ 5:57 pm. Exact location of event, depth 33.7 km, -150.0043° West, 61.3577° North. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20419486. Unique identifier: ak20419486.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. Epicenter of the event was 16 km (10 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 24 km (15 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), 43 km (27 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-nine, in the last 10 days sixty, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 16 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska.
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