A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, -150.0235° West, 61.3533° North, depth 35.9 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:21:10 / 1:21 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ak20517810. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20517810. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.9 km (22 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/12/18 / 2018-12-16 22:21:10 / December 16, 2018 @ 10:21 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 16 km (10 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 25 km (15 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), 44 km (27 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fourty-four, in the past 30 days three hundred and ninety-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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