A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:03:35 / 10:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.3 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: ak20472905. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20472905, us1000i5a1. Exact location of event, longitude -150.034 West, latitude 61.4091 North, depth = 21.3 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/18 / 2018-12-09 07:03:35 / December 9, 2018 @ 7:03 am.
Event epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 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 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days three hundred and sixty-four, in the past 30 days three hundred and sixty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 5 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska.
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