A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported Southern Alaska kilometers (0 miles) from Southern Alaska on Saturday. Unique identifier: ak20560678. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20560678. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.9 km (25 miles). The temblor was detected at 07:34:30 / 7:34 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 07:34:30 / December 1, 2018 @ 7:34 am. Exact location of earthquake, -150.0559° West, 61.4027° North, depth 39.9 km.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. Epicenter of the earthquake was 22 km (14 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and twenty-one, 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 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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