A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20424647. Unique identifier: ak20424647. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21.4 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -150.0545° West, latitude 61.4573° North, depth = 21.4 km. The temblor was reported at 09:26:44 / 9:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 18:26:44 / December 1, 2018 @ 6:26 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. Epicenter of the earthquake was 28 km (17 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 8 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska.
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