A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Global time and date of event 31/12/18 / 2018-12-31 09:59:59 / December 31, 2018 @ 9:59 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20608419. Unique identifier: ak20608419. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.9 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 00:59:59 / 12:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 22.9 km, -150.0209° West, 61.4672° North.
The epicenter was 28 km (18 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 6 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska.
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