A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 20.4 km (13 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/12/18 / 2018-12-03 22:20:53 / December 3, 2018 @ 10:20 pm. Exact location, longitude -150.0774° West, latitude 61.3658° North, depth = 20.4 km. Id of earthquake: ak20440906. Event ids that are associated: ak20440906. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:20:53 / 1:20 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. Epicenter of the event was 19 km (12 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days two hundred, in the past 30 days two hundred and two and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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