A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, Southern Alaska kilometers (0 miles) from Southern Alaska. The temblor was picked up at 18:36:38 / 6:36 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 39 km (24 miles). Id of earthquake: ak20463339. Event ids that are associated: ak20463339. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 18:36:38 / November 30, 2018 @ 6:36 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.0944 West, latitude 61.4078 North, depth = 39 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. Epicenter of the event was 24 km (15 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop).
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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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