A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 20.4 km, -150.0151° West, 61.4632° North. The temblor was picked up at 13:40:18 / 1:40 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ak20434223. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20434223, us1000i0sg. The epicenter was at a depth of 20.4 km (13 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 22:40:18 / December 2, 2018 @ 10:40 pm UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, 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-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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