A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.5 km (16 miles). Global time and date of event 03/12/18 / 2018-12-03 20:29:43 / December 3, 2018 @ 8:29 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20440753. Unique identifier: ak20440753. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:29:43 / 11:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 25.5 km, -149.9705° West, 61.4772° North.
Earthquake epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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