A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. Exact location of event, depth 17.2 km, -149.965° West, 61.1894° North. The temblor was reported at 07:24:39 / 7:24 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.2 km (11 miles). Unique identifier: ak20431901. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20431901. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 16:24:39 / December 2, 2018 @ 4:24 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 5 km (3 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Lakes, Gateway (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, 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 twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 4 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska.
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