Moderate earthquake, 5.8 mag was detected near Anchorage in Alaska

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Anchorage in Alaska. The temblor was detected at 08:35:37 / 8:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -149.8943 West, latitude 61.2075 North, depth = 39.5 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 17:35:37 / November 30, 2018 @ 5:35 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20419042. Id of event: ak20419042. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.5 km (25 miles).

Event epicenter was 1 km (1 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 116 km (72 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalifornsky, Kenai, Sterling (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-149.8943° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	61.2075° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	39.5 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	1km SSE of Anchorage, 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 17:35:37	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-11-30 17:45:26	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		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	automatic	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	518	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,	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	0.7 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	ak20419042	Id of event.
Event Code	20419042	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak20419042,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.8 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-149.8943° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

61.2075° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

39.5 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

1km SSE of Anchorage, 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 17:35:37

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-11-30 17:45:26

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

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

automatic

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

518

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

,ak,

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

0.7 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

ak20419042

Id of event.

Event Code

20419042

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

Event IDS

,ak20419042,

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

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