A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. The epicenter was at a depth of 32.8 km (20 miles). Unique identifier: ak20420408. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20420408. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 20:49:28 / November 30, 2018 @ 8:49 pm. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:49:28 / 11:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -149.9407° West, latitude 61.4238° North, depth = 32.8 km.
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). Earthquake epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km S of Big Lake, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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