A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.1364 West, latitude 61.3722 North, depth = 10.3 km. The temblor was detected at 19:32:37 / 7:32 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 04:32:37 / December 1, 2018 @ 4:32 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20421272. Id of event: ak20421272. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.3 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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