A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -149.946° West, 61.4941° North, depth 37.3 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20427205. Id of event: ak20427205. The temblor was reported at 17:11:14 / 5:11 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 37.3 km (23 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 02:11:14 / December 2, 2018 @ 2:11 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 31 km (19 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 3 km S of Big Lake, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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