Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag was detected near Big Lake in Alaska

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hyge. Unique identifier: us1000hyge. Exact location of earthquake, -149.9531° West, 61.4667° North, depth 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:00:05 / 9:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 18:00:05 / November 30, 2018 @ 6:00 pm.

Earthquake epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-149.9531° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	61.4667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6km S 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 18:00:05	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-11-30 18:47:25	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	7.7	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.89	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	434	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,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	0.298	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.67 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	27	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us1000hyge	Id of event.
Event Code	1000hyge	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000hyge,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-149.9531° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

61.4667° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

35 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

6km S 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 18:00:05

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-11-30 18:47:25

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

7.7

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

3.89

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

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

434

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

,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

0.298

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

Root Mean Square

0.67 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

us1000hyge

Id of event.

Event Code

1000hyge

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

Event IDS

,us1000hyge,

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

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