A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/11/18 / 2018-11-30 18:31:34 / November 30, 2018 @ 6:31 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 41.67 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us1000hyr0. Event ids that are associated: us1000hyr0. Exact location, longitude -150.0636° West, latitude 61.4461° North, depth = 41.67 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:31:34 / 9:31 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Nearby 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.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-three, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days sixty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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