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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Southern Alaska


Earthquake location 61.3211S, -150.0058WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, Southern Alaska kilometers (0 miles) from Southern Alaska. The temblor was detected at 21:45:10 / 9:45 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Southern Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 06/12/18 / 2018-12-06 21:45:10 / December 6, 2018 @ 9:45 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: ak20453123. Event ids that are associated: ak20453123, at00pjc4fa. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.4 km (19 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -150.0058 West, latitude 61.3211 North, depth = 30.4 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sterling, Palmer, Gateway (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 23 km (15 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 49 km (30 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), 40 km (25 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Southern Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -150.0058° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.3211° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Southern Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-06 21:45:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-06 21:53:15 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 28 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 365 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,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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 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 ak20453123 Id of event.
Event Code 20453123 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak20453123,at00pjc4fa, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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