A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/12/18 / 2018-12-03 06:51:00 / December 3, 2018 @ 6:51 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: ak20436724. Event ids that are associated: ak20436724. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.9 km (13 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:51:00 / 9:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -150.0345° West, latitude 61.3437° North, depth = 20.9 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 15 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska.
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