A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/12/18 / 2018-12-12 10:04:02 / December 12, 2018 @ 10:04 am. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20505508. Unique identifier: ak20505508. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:04:02 / 1:04 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35.3 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -150.0536 West, latitude 61.3529 North, depth = 35.3 km.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 17 km (11 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days one hundred and two, in the past 30 days three hundred and seventy-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 17 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska.
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