A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/12/18 / 2018-12-29 17:27:27 / December 29, 2018 @ 5:27 pm. Event id: ak20584156. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20584156. The temblor was picked up at 08:27:27 / 8:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.0145 West, latitude 61.4129 North, depth = 52.7 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 52.7 km (33 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 23 km (14 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days four hundred and twenty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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