A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.9 km (20 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:23:59 / 10:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -149.9824 West, latitude 61.4374 North, depth = 32.9 km. Id of earthquake: ak20440628. Event ids that are associated: ak20440628. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/12/18 / 2018-12-03 19:23:59 / December 3, 2018 @ 7:23 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 25 km (15 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 9 km S of Big Lake, Alaska.
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