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Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag strikes near Big Lake in Alaska


Earthquake location 61.4827S, -149.947WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -149.947 West, latitude 61.4827 North, depth = 49.42 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:21:42 / 10:21 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000hzbp. Event ids that are associated: us1000hzbp. The epicenter was at a depth of 49.42 km (31 miles). Global time and date of event 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 07:21:42 / December 1, 2018 @ 7:21 am UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 30 km (18 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixty-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 4 km S of Big Lake, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -149.947° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.4827° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 49.42 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km 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 2018-12-01 07:21:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-02 08:22:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 14 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 2.69 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 164 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 0.283 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 28 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 us1000hzbp Id of event.
Event Code 1000hzbp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hzbp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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