A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Knik-Fairview in Alaska on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31 km (19 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/12/17 / 2017-12-05 14:45:31 / December 5, 2017 @ 2:45 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.6618 West, latitude 61.4148 North, depth = 31 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:45:31 / 5:45 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak17475552. Ids that are associated to the event: ak17475552.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Lakes, Gateway. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 11 km SSW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska.
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