A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. The temblor was detected at 06:40:00 / 6:40 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.1 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -150.0774 West, latitude 61.3985 North, depth = 20.1 km. Unique identifier: ak20475854. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20475854. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/12/18 / 2018-12-09 15:40:00 / December 9, 2018 @ 3:40 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 22 km (14 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 28 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 (27 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days three hundred and sixty-five, in the past 30 days three hundred and sixty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 15 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska.
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