A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 17:42:21 / November 30, 2018 @ 5:42 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 32.2 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20419081. Unique identifier: ak20419081. Exact location of earthquake, -149.9069° West, 61.3954° North, depth 32.2 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:42:21 / 8:42 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 14 km S of Big Lake, Alaska.
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