A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:19:40 / 4:19 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 32.6 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.092 West, latitude 61.3594 North, depth = 32.6 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20423128. Unique identifier: ak20423128. Global time and date of event 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 13:19:40 / December 1, 2018 @ 1:19 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 18 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska.
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