A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19.9 km (12 miles). The temblor was reported at 13:50:42 / 1:50 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 22:50:42 / December 2, 2018 @ 10:50 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20434249. Id of event: ak20434249. Exact location of event, longitude -149.9783 West, latitude 61.4341 North, depth = 19.9 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. Epicenter of the event was 24 km (15 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 36 km (22 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 quakes 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 fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 9 km S of Big Lake, Alaska.
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