A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20422745. Unique identifier: ak20422745. The temblor was picked up at 02:53:44 / 2:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 11:53:44 / December 1, 2018 @ 11:53 am. Exact location of event, longitude -150.01 West, latitude 61.3192 North, depth = 33.3 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 33.3 km (21 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). 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).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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