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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 4 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Point MacKenzie in Alaska. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.1 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 02:17:58 / 2:17 am (local time epicenter). Event id: ak020bo3ssdp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00qgf7pz, ak020bo3ssdp. A tsunami warning has been issued near Point MacKenzie in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/09/20 / 2020-09-10 02:17:58 / September 10, 2020 @ 2:17 am. Exact location, longitude -149.9603° West, latitude 61.3989° North, depth = 19.1 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palmer, Gateway, Lakes (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 20 km (13 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 4 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Alaska Anchorage Eagle River Gateway Knik-Fairview Lakes Palmer Point MacKenzie Tanaina United States Wasilla

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-149.9603° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	61.3989° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	19.1 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-09-10 02:17:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-09-10 02:28:46	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	56	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.7	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	292	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	0.74 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	ak020bo3ssdp	Id of event.
Event Code	020bo3ssdp	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00qgf7pz,ak020bo3ssdp,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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