A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Saturday. Unique identifier: ak20429017. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20429017. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 07:36:32 / December 2, 2018 @ 7:36 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.9189 West, latitude 61.4296 North, depth = 70.1 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 70.1 km (44 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:36:32 / 10:36 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes 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. 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: 10 km S of Big Lake, Alaska.
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