A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -150.0658° West, latitude 61.4569° North, depth = 20 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20432771. Id of event: ak20432771. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 18:26:56 / December 2, 2018 @ 6:26 pm. The temblor was reported at 09:26:56 / 9:26 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (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-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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