A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/12/18 / 2018-12-05 00:02:54 / December 5, 2018 @ 12:02 am. Exact location of event, depth 24 km, -149.9804° West, 61.4738° North. The temblor was picked up at 15:02:54 / 3:02 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20443117. Id of event: ak20443117. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 29 km (18 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifteen, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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