A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Id of earthquake: ak20440639. Event ids that are associated: ak20440639. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/12/18 / 2018-12-03 19:27:51 / December 3, 2018 @ 7:27 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -149.9998 West, latitude 61.4528 North, depth = 34.2 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 34.2 km (21 miles). The 3.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:27:51 / 10:27 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. Epicenter of the earthquake was 27 km (17 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, 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-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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