A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:32:30 / 5:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.0673 West, latitude 61.3983 North, depth = 34 km. Unique identifier: ak20442218. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20442218. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/12/18 / 2018-12-04 14:32:30 / December 4, 2018 @ 2:32 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34 km (21 miles).
Epicenter of the event 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/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 was reported nearby.
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