A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, Southern Alaska kilometers (0 miles) from Southern Alaska. Exact location, longitude -149.9717° West, latitude 61.4595° North, depth = 34.1 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 20:02:42 / November 30, 2018 @ 8:02 pm. Id of earthquake: ak20463426. Event ids that are associated: ak20463426. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.1 km (21 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:02:42 / 8:02 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and fifty-four, in the last 10 days three hundred and fifty-five, in the past 30 days three hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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