A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -150.0775 West, latitude 61.4469 North, depth = 20 km. The temblor was detected at 08:59:27 / 8:59 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20432711. Id of event: ak20432711. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 17:59:27 / December 2, 2018 @ 5:59 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20 km (12 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. Epicenter of the earthquake was 27 km (17 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, 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-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 10 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska.
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