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Minor earthquake: M3 quake has struck near Big Lake in Alaska


Earthquake location 61.397S, -150.0416WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. The temblor was picked up at 19:21:49 / 7:21 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ak20512881. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20512881, us2000itgl. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.0416 West, latitude 61.397 North, depth = 20.2 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.2 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/12/18 / 2018-12-14 04:21:49 / December 14, 2018 @ 4:21 am.

The epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seventy-three, in the past 30 days three hundred and eighty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-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: 14 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -150.0416° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.397° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km 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 2018-12-14 04:21:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-14 04:35:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 10 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 2.59 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 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 142 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 0.79 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 ak20512881 Id of event.
Event Code 20512881 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak20512881,us2000itgl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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