A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.9922 West, latitude 61.328 North, depth = 33.1 km. Global time and date of event 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 06:08:28 / December 1, 2018 @ 6:08 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: ak20421490. Event ids that are associated: ak20421490. The epicenter was at a depth of 33.1 km (21 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:08:28 / 9:08 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 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 nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and ten, in the past 30 days one hundred and eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 13 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska.
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