A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20 km (12 miles). Event id: ak20421309. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20421309. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 04:54:58 / December 1, 2018 @ 4:54 am. The temblor was reported at 19:54:58 / 7:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -149.9923 West, latitude 61.4724 North, depth = 20 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 29 km (18 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 28 km (17 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), 34 km (21 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 5 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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