A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:12:57 / 7:12 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak20431866. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20431866. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33.2 km (21 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 16:12:57 / December 2, 2018 @ 4:12 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 33.2 km, -149.9111° West, 61.471° North.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 28 km (17 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska.
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