A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Id of earthquake: ak20421212. Event ids that are associated: ak20421212. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 04:15:13 / December 1, 2018 @ 4:15 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 35.2 km (22 miles). The temblor was reported at 19:15:13 / 7:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 35.2 km, -149.9001° West, 61.4345° North.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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