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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Big Lake in Alaska


Earthquake location 61.4006S, -150.0339WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -150.0339° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.4006° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-11-30 19:42:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-30 20:59:41 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 3.13 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 reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 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 259 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 ,ak,us, 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 0.83 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 ak20419949 Id of event.
Event Code 20419949 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak20419949,us1000hyl2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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