A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Exact location of event, depth 39.1 km, -150.0339° West, 61.4006° North. The temblor was picked up at 10:42:47 / 10:42 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: ak20419949. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20419949, us1000hyl2. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 19:42:47 / November 30, 2018 @ 7:42 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.1 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 22 km (13 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 17 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska.
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