A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Exact location of earthquake, -149.9851° West, 61.4637° North, depth 21.2 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/12/18 / 2018-12-08 10:53:14 / December 8, 2018 @ 10:53 am. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20468415, us1000i50m. Unique identifier: ak20468415. The temblor was detected at 01:53:14 / 1:53 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.2 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 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), 35 km (22 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days three hundred and fifty-four, in the past 30 days three hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 3 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska.
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