A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Friday. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:00:51 / 5:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -149.9804° West, 61.4486° North, depth 42.5 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 02:00:51 / December 1, 2018 @ 2:00 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 42.5 km (26 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak20560335. Unique identifier: ak20560335.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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