A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. The temblor was picked up at 00:56:30 / 12:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -149.9414° West, latitude 61.2118° North, depth = 36.8 km. Event id: ak20437803. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20437803. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/12/18 / 2018-12-03 09:56:30 / December 3, 2018 @ 9:56 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.8 km (23 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Lakes, Gateway. Event epicenter was 2 km (1 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 23 km (15 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 2 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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