A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported Southern Alaska kilometers (0 miles) from Southern Alaska on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 05:36:20 / 5:36 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak20560570. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20560570. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 40 km (25 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.0549 West, latitude 61.3817 North, depth = 40 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 05:36:20 / December 1, 2018 @ 5:36 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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