A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, -149.9673° West, 61.4717° North, depth 20 km. Global time and date of event 08/12/18 / 2018-12-08 06:11:50 / December 8, 2018 @ 6:11 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20 km (12 miles). Id of earthquake: ak20466252. Event ids that are associated: ak20466252, us1000i4yx. The temblor was detected at 21:11:50 / 9:11 pm (local time epicenter).
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). Epicenter of the earthquake was 28 km (18 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days three hundred and fifty-two, in the past 30 days three hundred and fifty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 5 km S of Big Lake, Alaska.
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