Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Anchorage in Alaska

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.1 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: at00pgmk40, ak20282901. Unique identifier: ak20282901. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:19:12 / 8:19 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Anchorage in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/10/18 / 2018-10-15 05:19:12 / October 15, 2018 @ 5:19 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.4991 West, latitude 61.262 North, depth = 66.1 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kenai, Palmer, Sterling (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 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 five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-three 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. Each 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 32 km W of Anchorage, Alaska.

Alaska Anchorage Eagle River Kenai Knik-Fairview Lakes Meadow Lakes Palmer Sterling Tanaina United States Wasilla

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-150.4991° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	61.262° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	66.1 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	32km W of Anchorage, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-10-15 05:19:12	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-10-15 05:22:17	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	automatic	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	1	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	312	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	ak	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,at,ak,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.52 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap		The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ak20282901	Id of event.
Event Code	20282901	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00pgmk40,ak20282901,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.5 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-150.4991° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

61.262° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

66.1 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

32km W of Anchorage, Alaska

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2018-10-15 05:19:12

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-10-15 05:22:17

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-540

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.

Review Status

automatic

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.

SIG

312

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,at,ak,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.52 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

ak20282901

Id of event.

Event Code

20282901

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,at00pgmk40,ak20282901,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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