A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Exact location of event, depth 20.5 km, -150.0904° West, 61.3804° North. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:18:10 / 7:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/12/18 / 2018-12-27 04:18:10 / December 27, 2018 @ 4:18 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.5 km (13 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20552663. Id of event: ak20552663.
Earthquake epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days four hundred and three and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 17 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska.
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