A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude -150.0928 West, latitude 61.3603 North, depth = 20 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/12/18 / 2018-12-10 22:25:04 / December 10, 2018 @ 10:25 pm. The temblor was detected at 13:25:04 / 1:25 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20490919. Unique identifier: ak20490919.
Event epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). 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).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days two hundred and two, in the past 30 days three hundred and seventy-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 18 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska.
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