A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 07:21:21 / December 2, 2018 @ 7:21 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ak20428992. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20428992. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.108 West, latitude 61.3706 North, depth = 18.9 km. The temblor was reported at 22:21:21 / 10:21 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.9 km (12 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 20 km (13 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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