A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/12/18 / 2018-12-04 16:06:42 / December 4, 2018 @ 4:06 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32.1 km (20 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak20442388. Unique identifier: ak20442388. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.0669 West, latitude 61.4036 North, depth = 32.1 km. The temblor was detected at 07:06:42 / 7:06 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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