A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, Southern Alaska kilometers (0 miles) from Southern Alaska. The temblor was reported at 17:46:59 / 5:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.9497 West, latitude 61.4833 North, depth = 45.9 km. Unique identifier: ak20463276. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20463276. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.9 km (29 miles). Global time and date of event 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 17:46:59 / November 30, 2018 @ 5:46 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 30 km (18 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and fifty-four, in the last 10 days three hundred and fifty-five, in the past 30 days three hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: Southern Alaska.
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