A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Id of earthquake: ak20429037. Event ids that are associated: ak20429037, us1000i0ax. Exact location of event, depth 21.5 km, -150.1156° West, 61.4313° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 07:49:53 / December 2, 2018 @ 7:49 am. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:49:53 / 10:49 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.5 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 26 km (16 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter 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 fourty-six, 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-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 13 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska.
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