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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Anchorage in Alaska


Earthquake location 61.3415S, -150.0475WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. The temblor was detected at 07:01:07 / 7:01 am (local time epicenter). Event id: ak20423871. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20423871, us1000hzpr. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.4 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.0475 West, latitude 61.3415 North, depth = 31.4 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 16:01:07 / December 1, 2018 @ 4:01 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 16 km (10 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 15 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -150.0475° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.3415° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km 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 2018-12-01 16:01:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-01 16:13:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 16 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 2.98 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 253 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 ,ak,us, 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 0.57 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 ak20423871 Id of event.
Event Code 20423871 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak20423871,us1000hzpr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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