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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Big Lake in Alaska

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Big Lake in Alaska on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/01/19 / 2019-01-11 15:56:29 / January 11, 2019 @ 3:56 pm. Event id: ak019ig6dy7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak019ig6dy7, us2000j2z5. Exact location, longitude -149.9755° West, latitude 61.44° North, depth = 21.9 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:56:29 / 6:56 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21.9 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 25 km (16 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop).

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 two, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days five hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 9 km S of Big Lake, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-149.9755° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	61.44° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	21.9 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9km 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	2019-01-11 15:56:29	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-01-11 16:11:11	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	21	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.6	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.32	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	254	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	0.86 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	ak019ig6dy7	Id of event.
Event Code	019ig6dy7	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak019ig6dy7,us2000j2z5,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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