A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Exact location of event, depth 38 km, -150.0104° West, 61.4645° North. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20503172. Unique identifier: ak20503172. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38 km (24 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/12/18 / 2018-12-12 05:19:11 / December 12, 2018 @ 5:19 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 20:19:11 / 8:19 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 28 km (17 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days one hundred and two, 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 was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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