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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Girdwood in Alaska

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Girdwood in Alaska on Thursday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Girdwood in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/06/20 / 2020-06-18 20:38:41 / June 18, 2020 @ 8:38 pm. Exact location of event, depth 20.3 km, -149.1118° West, 60.8699° North. Id of earthquake: ak0207thhwi7. Event ids that are associated: at00qc52oi, ak0207thhwi7. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.3 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:38:41 / 8:38 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 57 km (36 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Meadow Lakes, Tanaina, Lakes (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Alaska Anchorage Eagle River Girdwood Knik-Fairview Lakes Meadow Lakes Tanaina United States Wasilla

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-149.1118° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	60.8699° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	20.3 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-06-18 20:38:41	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-06-18 20:42:55	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		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	1	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	285	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	,at,ak,	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	0.71 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	ak0207thhwi7	Id of event.
Event Code	0207thhwi7	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00qc52oi,ak0207thhwi7,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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