A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. The temblor was reported at 10:59:36 / 10:59 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20442878. Id of event: ak20442878. Exact location of earthquake, -150.0457° West, 61.4679° North, depth 19.9 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/12/18 / 2018-12-04 19:59:36 / December 4, 2018 @ 7:59 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.9 km (12 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 29 km (18 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and eleven, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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