A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Event id: ak20436730. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20436730. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 23.6 km (15 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:52:11 / 9:52 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 03/12/18 / 2018-12-03 06:52:11 / December 3, 2018 @ 6:52 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -150.0789° West, latitude 61.4452° North, depth = 23.6 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 27 km (17 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 27 km (16 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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