A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/12/18 / 2018-12-12 05:24:57 / December 12, 2018 @ 5:24 am. Exact location, longitude -150.0746° West, latitude 61.3241° North, depth = 21 km. Id of earthquake: ak20503177. Event ids that are associated: ak20503177. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:24:57 / 8:24 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 21 km (13 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each 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 four, in the last 10 days one hundred and three, in the past 30 days three hundred and seventy-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 15 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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