A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 23:31:42 / December 2, 2018 @ 11:31 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: ak20434316. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20434316. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.0671 West, latitude 61.3497 North, depth = 19 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:31:42 / 2:31 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby 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). The epicenter was 17 km (11 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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