A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Sunday. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:28:09 / 5:28 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ak20603908. Event ids that are associated: ak20603908, us2000izct. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.0093 West, latitude 61.4486 North, depth = 20.1 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/12/18 / 2018-12-31 02:28:09 / December 31, 2018 @ 2:28 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.1 km (12 miles).
Event epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days two hundred and eleven and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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