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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Anchorage in Alaska


Earthquake location 61.2963S, -149.9945WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/05/19 / 2019-05-19 07:01:53 / May 19, 2019 @ 7:01 am. Exact location of event, depth 30.8 km, -149.9945° West, 61.2963° North. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:01:53 / 10:01 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Anchorage in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.8 km (19 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0196dzvlpi, at00prqov5. Id of event: ak0196dzvlpi.

The epicenter was 10 km (6 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 10 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -149.9945° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.2963° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km 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 2019-05-19 07:01:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-05-19 07:08:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 20 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.9 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.071 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 292 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 0.58 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 ak0196dzvlpi Id of event.
Event Code 0196dzvlpi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0196dzvlpi,at00prqov5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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