A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. The temblor was detected at 01:30:33 / 1:30 am (local time epicenter). Event id: ak20437850. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20437850. Exact location of event, longitude -150.0131 West, latitude 61.4359 North, depth = 20.1 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/12/18 / 2018-12-03 10:30:33 / December 3, 2018 @ 10:30 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.1 km (12 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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