A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.4 km (13 miles). Id of earthquake: ak20442068. Event ids that are associated: ak20442068. Exact location of earthquake, -150.0827° West, 61.454° North, depth 20.4 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/12/18 / 2018-12-04 12:08:39 / December 4, 2018 @ 12:08 pm. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:08:39 / 3:08 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, 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-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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