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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 17 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska


Earthquake location 61.394S, -149.9722WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. Exact location of event, depth 38.1 km, -149.9722° West, 61.394° North. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:26:29 / 10:26 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 38.1 km (24 miles). Unique identifier: ak20419870. Ids that are associated to the event: at00pj0u04, us1000hyk6, ak20419870. A tsunami warning has been issued near Anchorage in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 19:26:29 / November 30, 2018 @ 7:26 pm UTC/GMT.

The epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 17 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -149.9722° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.394° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-11-30 19:26:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-30 20:50:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 13 The total number of felt reports
CDI 7.3 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.63 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 reviewed 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 0.58 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 ak20419870 Id of event.
Event Code 20419870 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00pj0u04,us1000hyk6,ak20419870, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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