A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes Southern Alaska kilometers (0 miles) from Southern Alaska on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 10:18:14 / 10:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.958 West, latitude 61.4567 North, depth = 47.2 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.2 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: ak20560834. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20560834. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 10:18:14 / December 1, 2018 @ 10:18 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 27 km (17 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and twenty, in the last 10 days four hundred and twenty-two, in the past 30 days four hundred and twenty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-three 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. 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. 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: Southern Alaska.
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