A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21.1 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/12/18 / 2018-12-03 05:00:31 / December 3, 2018 @ 5:00 am. Unique identifier: ak20436189. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20436189. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:00:31 / 8:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.999 West, latitude 61.4707 North, depth = 21.1 km.
The epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes.
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, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska.
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