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Moderate earthquake 5.1 mag, 14 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska


Earthquake location 61.3126S, -150.0824WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska on Sunday. Unique identifier: ak019lrs7iu. Ids that are associated to the event: at00pla3wj, ak019lrs7iu. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 22.2 km (14 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Anchorage in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 22.2 km, -150.0824° West, 61.3126° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/01/19 / 2019-01-13 16:45:54 / January 13, 2019 @ 4:45 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:45:54 / 7:45 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kenai, Sterling, Palmer (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 14 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -150.0824° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.3126° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km NW 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 2019-01-13 16:45:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-13 16:49:22 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 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 400 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,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 0.71 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 ak019lrs7iu Id of event.
Event Code 019lrs7iu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00pla3wj,ak019lrs7iu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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