A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.2 km (26 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 16:04:58 / December 1, 2018 @ 4:04 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: ak20424060. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20424060. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:04:58 / 7:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -149.8642 West, latitude 61.5391 North, depth = 41.2 km.
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, Anchorage, Elmendorf Air Force Base. Event epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourty-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 5 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska.
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