A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.2 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.9894 West, latitude 61.4819 North, depth = 20.2 km. The temblor was reported at 16:18:16 / 4:18 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ak20500911. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20500911. Global time and date of event 12/12/18 / 2018-12-12 01:18:16 / December 12, 2018 @ 1:18 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 30 km (18 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 29 km (18 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).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days one hundred and seven, in the past 30 days three hundred and seventy-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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