A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Exact location, longitude -150.0202° West, latitude 61.4498° North, depth = 17.9 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:02:53 / 7:02 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak20436094. Unique identifier: ak20436094. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/12/18 / 2018-12-03 04:02:53 / December 3, 2018 @ 4:02 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 17.9 km (11 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 27 km (16 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 23 km (15 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 8 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska.
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