A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Tuesday. Event id: ak20442226. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20442226. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/12/18 / 2018-12-04 14:40:42 / December 4, 2018 @ 2:40 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.9 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -149.9893 West, latitude 61.4513 North, depth = 34.9 km. The temblor was reported at 05:40:42 / 5:40 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. 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 seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 8 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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