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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 42 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. A tsunami warning has been issued near Anchorage in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -149.547° West, latitude 60.877° North, depth = 22 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:39:40 / 2:39 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/10/16 / 2016-10-02 22:39:40 / October 2, 2016 @ 10:39 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22 km (14 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00oefyy4. Id of event: at00oefyy4.

The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tanaina, Palmer, Meadow Lakes (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-two 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 42 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Alaska Anchorage Eagle River Knik-Fairview Lakes Meadow Lakes Palmer Tanaina United States Wasilla

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-149.547° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	60.877° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	22 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	42km SSE 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	2016-10-02 22:39:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-10-02 22:44:35	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	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	REVIEWED	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	259	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	at	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,at,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	63	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.4060385	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.96 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	43.199996544	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	at00oefyy4	Id of event.
Event Code	00oefyy4	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00oefyy4,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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