A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.8 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 02:36:00 / 2:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 46.8 km, -149.9155° West, 61.5447° North. A tsunami warning has been issued near Big Lake in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: ak18839161. Event ids that are associated: ak18839161, at00p6eiw0. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/03/18 / 2018-03-30 11:36:00 / March 30, 2018 @ 11:36 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 36 km (23 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Anchorage, Gateway (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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 5 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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