A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.0092 West, latitude 61.4494 North, depth = 20.5 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:22:43 / 9:22 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak20440533. Event ids that are associated: ak20440533. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/12/18 / 2018-12-03 18:22:43 / December 3, 2018 @ 6:22 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 20.5 km (13 miles).
The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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