A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Global time and date of event 04/12/18 / 2018-12-04 12:20:23 / December 4, 2018 @ 12:20 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 22 km, -150.0272° West, 61.4253° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20442083. Id of event: ak20442083. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:20:23 / 3:20 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22 km (14 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and five, in the past 30 days two hundred and seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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