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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Y in Alaska


Earthquake location 61.9695S, -149.9162WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Y in Alaska. A tsunami warning has been issued near Y in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -149.9162° West, 61.9695° North, depth 42.6 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:26:49 / 5:26 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak11778117. Ids that are associated to the event: at00nxedgq, us10003v7y, ak11778117. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.6 km (26 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/11/15 / 2015-11-06 14:26:49 / November 6, 2015 @ 2:26 pm.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Anchorage, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Eagle River.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 19 km S of Y, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -149.9162° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.9695° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19km S of Y, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-06 14:26:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-06 14:48:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 98 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status automatic Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 1 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 379 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ak The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,at,us,ak, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ak11778117 Id of event.
Event Code 11778117 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00nxedgq,us10003v7y,ak11778117, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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