A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 16:46:25 / 4:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/12/18 / 2018-12-05 01:46:25 / December 5, 2018 @ 1:46 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -149.9084° West, 61.4968° North, depth 34.3 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20443335. Id of event: ak20443335. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.3 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and nineteen, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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