A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 03:38:01 / December 1, 2018 @ 3:38 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.0367 West, latitude 61.3538 North, depth = 19.9 km. The temblor was picked up at 18:38:01 / 6:38 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak20421134. Event ids that are associated: ak20421134. The epicenter was at a depth of 19.9 km (12 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 17 km (10 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 25 km (16 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), 44 km (28 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes.
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 fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 16 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska.
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