A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Exact location of event, depth 20 km, -150.0461° West, 61.422° North. Global time and date of event 04/12/18 / 2018-12-04 14:28:59 / December 4, 2018 @ 2:28 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 05:28:59 / 5:28 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: ak20442213. Event ids that are associated: ak20442213.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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