A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Sunday. Id of earthquake: ak20431292. Event ids that are associated: ak20431292, us1000i0hk. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 14:18:02 / December 2, 2018 @ 2:18 pm. The temblor was detected at 05:18:02 / 5:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -149.943 West, latitude 61.3899 North, depth = 34.7 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.7 km (22 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. Event epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km S of Big Lake, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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