A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/12/18 / 2018-12-04 22:49:01 / December 4, 2018 @ 10:49 pm. Exact location, longitude -150.1154° West, latitude 61.5337° North, depth = 21 km. Unique identifier: ak20443040. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20443040. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:49:01 / 1:49 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirteen, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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