A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. Event id: ak20445204. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20445204. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.0695 West, latitude 61.3091 North, depth = 31.2 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.2 km (19 miles). The temblor was picked up at 07:04:38 / 7:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/12/18 / 2018-12-05 16:04:38 / December 5, 2018 @ 4:04 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 14 km (8 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days two hundred and twenty-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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