A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. Event id: ak20427291. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20427291, us1000i05m. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -150.035° West, 61.3651° North. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:04:23 / 6:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 03:04:23 / December 2, 2018 @ 3:04 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 18 km (11 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 17 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska.
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