A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 10:34:15 / 10:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.0698 West, latitude 61.4283 North, depth = 19.5 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 19:34:15 / December 2, 2018 @ 7:34 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.5 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20433256. Id of event: ak20433256.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 11 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska.
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