A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. A tsunami warning has been issued near Big Lake in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65 km (40 miles). The temblor was detected at 17:07:12 / 5:07 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/18 / 2018-07-06 02:07:12 / July 6, 2018 @ 2:07 am. Exact location, longitude -150.856° West, latitude 61.395° North, depth = 65 km. Unique identifier: at00pbf9w0. Ids that are associated to the event: at00pbf9w0.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gateway, Lakes, Tanaina.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 50 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska.
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