A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Willow in Alaska on Sunday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Willow in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.8 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ak14573584. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00ohnwu8, us10007et3, ak14573584. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:15:44 / 4:15 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/12/16 / 2016-12-04 13:15:44 / December 4, 2016 @ 1:15 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -151.078 West, latitude 62.0141 North, depth = 1.8 km.
Epicenter of the event was 96 km (59 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tanaina, Knik-Fairview, Meadow Lakes (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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: 59 km WNW of Willow, Alaska.
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