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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Southern Alaska

Posted by admin on December 6, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 61.5052S, -149.9646WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported Southern Alaska kilometers (0 miles) from Southern Alaska on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 52 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: ak20453480. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20453480, us1000i3t4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/12/18 / 2018-12-06 21:46:21 / December 6, 2018 @ 9:46 pm. The temblor was picked up at 21:46:21 / 9:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -149.9646° West, latitude 61.5052° North, depth = 52 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 29 km (18 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), 31 km (20 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty and in the last 365 days three hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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: Southern Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -149.9646° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.5052° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 52 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Southern Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-06 21:46:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-06 22:24:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.21 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 261 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,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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 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 ak20453480 Id of event.
Event Code 20453480 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak20453480,us1000i3t4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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