A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28.5 km (18 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -149.9949° West, 61.3895° North, depth 28.5 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20443096. Unique identifier: ak20443096. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/12/18 / 2018-12-04 23:35:23 / December 4, 2018 @ 11:35 pm. The temblor was detected at 14:35:23 / 2:35 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and fourteen, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km S of Big Lake, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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