A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Exact location, longitude -150.0186° West, latitude 61.4605° North, depth = 33.9 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.9 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:58:30 / 10:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/12/18 / 2018-12-12 07:58:30 / December 12, 2018 @ 7:58 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ak20503989. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20503989.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days one hundred and one, in the past 30 days three hundred and seventy-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Did you feel the quake?
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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 7 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply