A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 04:53:05 / December 1, 2018 @ 4:53 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.1 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20421302. Id of event: ak20421302. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:53:05 / 7:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 11.1 km, -150.0301° West, 61.3967° North.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 21 km (13 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 14 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska.
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