A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/12/18 / 2018-12-04 19:33:23 / December 4, 2018 @ 7:33 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.6 km (23 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -150.0606 West, latitude 61.39 North, depth = 37.6 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:33:23 / 10:33 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak20442835. Event ids that are associated: ak20442835.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and ten, in the past 30 days two hundred and twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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 SSW of Big Lake, Alaska.
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