A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Knik-Fairview in Alaska. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.1 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -149.7174° West, latitude 61.4049° North, depth = 8.1 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/12/18 / 2018-12-03 19:18:23 / December 3, 2018 @ 7:18 pm. Event id: ak20440607. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20440607. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:18:23 / 10:18 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 14 km (8 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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