A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/12/18 / 2018-12-03 03:59:15 / December 3, 2018 @ 3:59 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 18:59:15 / 6:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.9009 West, latitude 61.5045 North, depth = 33.4 km. Unique identifier: ak20435868. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20435868. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.4 km (21 miles).
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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