A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20442455. Id of event: ak20442455. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:44:38 / 7:44 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/12/18 / 2018-12-04 16:44:38 / December 4, 2018 @ 4:44 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20 km (12 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -150.0719 West, latitude 61.2983 North, depth = 20 km.
The epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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