A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.1 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/12/18 / 2018-12-12 17:26:14 / December 12, 2018 @ 5:26 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: ak20511594. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20511594. The temblor was picked up at 08:26:14 / 8:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -150.0242° West, 61.4086° North, depth 44.1 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 22 km (14 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days ninety-seven, in the past 30 days three hundred and eighty and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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