A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 09:35:59 / 9:35 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 36.48 km (23 miles). Event id: us1000hyhw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hyhw. Exact location of event, depth 36.48 km, -149.9622° West, 61.4573° North. Global time and date of event 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 18:35:59 / November 30, 2018 @ 6:35 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes. Epicenter of the earthquake was 27 km (17 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-four, in the last 10 days fifty-five, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 7 km S of Big Lake, Alaska.
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