Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Big Lake in Alaska

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Friday. Global time and date of event 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 20:26:54 / November 30, 2018 @ 8:26 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.044 West, latitude 61.369 North, depth = 24 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 11:26:54 / 11:26 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: at00pj0wsu. Event ids that are associated: at00pj0wsu.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sterling, Palmer, Gateway (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 17 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-150.044° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	61.369° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	24 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	17km SSW of Big Lake, 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 20:26:54	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-11-30 20:30:30	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	REVIEWED	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	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	416	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	at	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,at,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	56	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.3862756	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.95 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	32.399997408	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	at00pj0wsu	Id of event.
Event Code	00pj0wsu	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00pj0wsu,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-150.044° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

61.369° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

24 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

17km SSW of Big Lake, 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 20:26:54

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-11-30 20:30:30

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-540

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

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

REVIEWED

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

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

416

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,at,

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

0.3862756

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.95 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

32.399997408

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

at00pj0wsu

Id of event.

Event Code

00pj0wsu

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,at00pj0wsu,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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