A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska on Monday. Global time and date of event 03/12/18 / 2018-12-03 14:52:51 / December 3, 2018 @ 2:52 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 05:52:51 / 5:52 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16.4 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.1359 West, latitude 61.3568 North, depth = 16.4 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20439421. Id of event: ak20439421.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 19 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska.
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