A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Sunday. Global time and date of event 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 09:13:26 / December 2, 2018 @ 9:13 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ak20429808. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20429808, us1000i0d2. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.7 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.0054 West, latitude 61.442 North, depth = 34.7 km. The temblor was detected at 00:13:26 / 12:13 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 26 km (16 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 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), 37 km (23 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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