A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 18:31:14 / November 30, 2018 @ 6:31 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.9753 West, latitude 61.4774 North, depth = 48.2 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 48.2 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20463332. Unique identifier: ak20463332. The temblor was detected at 09:31:14 / 9:31 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 20 km (13 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), 31 km (19 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and fifty-one, in the last 10 days three hundred and fifty-two, in the past 30 days three hundred and fifty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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