A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -150.1461° West, 61.4098° North, depth 18.4 km. The temblor was reported at 14:26:21 / 2:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/12/18 / 2018-12-12 23:26:21 / December 12, 2018 @ 11:26 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 18.4 km (11 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak20511894. Unique identifier: ak20511894.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days ninety-two, in the past 30 days three hundred and eighty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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