A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 31.9 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20463412, us1000hylf. Unique identifier: ak20463412. The temblor was picked up at 10:49:56 / 10:49 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 19:49:56 / November 30, 2018 @ 7:49 pm. Exact location, longitude -150.0888° West, latitude 61.4092° North, depth = 31.9 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 24 km (15 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 43 km (26 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).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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 three hundred and fifty-two, in the last 10 days three hundred and fifty-three, in the past 30 days three hundred and fifty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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