A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Talkeetna in Alaska. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:15:44 / 4:15 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 3 km (2 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Talkeetna in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -151.0269° West, 62.036° North, depth 3 km. Unique identifier: at00ohnwu8. Ids that are associated to the event: at00ohnwu8. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/12/16 / 2016-12-04 13:15:44 / December 4, 2016 @ 1:15 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tanaina, Knik-Fairview, Meadow Lakes. The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 57 km WSW of Talkeetna, Alaska.
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