A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. The temblor was detected at 14:42:04 / 2:42 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/12/18 / 2018-12-11 23:42:04 / December 11, 2018 @ 11:42 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 24.8 km (15 miles). Event id: ak20500727. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20500727. Exact location, longitude -149.9788° West, latitude 61.4626° North, depth = 24.8 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 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). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days one hundred and nine, in the past 30 days three hundred and seventy-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km S of Big Lake, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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