A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:08:04 / 2:08 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.1 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -150.0833° West, latitude 61.3608° North, depth = 36.1 km. Unique identifier: ak20463118. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20463118, us1000i4mv. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/12/18 / 2018-12-07 23:08:04 / December 7, 2018 @ 11:08 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. Earthquake epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days two hundred and fourty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 18 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska.
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