A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Friday. The temblor was detected at 11:40:54 / 11:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 20:40:54 / November 30, 2018 @ 8:40 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hynx, ak20420331. Id of event: ak20420331. Exact location of event, depth 14 km, -150.0027° West, 61.3795° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 14 km (9 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. The epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 fourty-seven, in the last 10 days fourty-eight, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 9 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska.
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