A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska on Tuesday. Event id: ak20443156. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20443156. The epicenter was at a depth of 20 km (12 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/12/18 / 2018-12-05 00:45:58 / December 5, 2018 @ 12:45 am. The temblor was detected at 15:45:58 / 3:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -150.0493° West, 61.3186° North, depth 20 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 14 km (9 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and sixteen, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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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