A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Willow in Alaska on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/07/16 / 2016-07-21 14:07:16 / July 21, 2016 @ 2:07 pm. Id of earthquake: ak13790018. Event ids that are associated: at00oao4k4, us20006gdz, ak13790018. A tsunami warning has been issued near Willow in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 06:07:16 / 6:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 61.6 km, -150.3286° West, 61.6265° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 61.6 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Elmendorf Air Force Base (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 21 km WSW of Willow, Alaska.
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