A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Friday. Exact location, longitude -149.8908° West, latitude 61.4564° North, depth = 36.5 km. The temblor was picked up at 10:56:25 / 10:56 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 19:56:25 / November 30, 2018 @ 7:56 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.5 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20463418. Unique identifier: ak20463418.
The epicenter was 27 km (16 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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-three, in the last 10 days three hundred and fifty-four, in the past 30 days three hundred and fifty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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