Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Susitna North in Alaska

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Susitna North in Alaska. The temblor was picked up at 11:16:35 / 11:16 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.5 km (2 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/05/24 / 2024-05-15 11:16:35 / May 15, 2024 @ 11:16 am. Exact location of event, longitude -149.1585 West, latitude 62.348 North, depth = 3.5 km. Event id: ak024693qgtm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak024693qgtm, us6000myqg.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (51 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Palmer (c. 5 900 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Gateway (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wasilla, Gateway, Meadow Lakes (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-149.1585° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	62.348° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	3.5 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	41 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-15 11:16:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-16 03:26:53	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	76	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.771	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	313	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	0.88 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	ak024693qgtm	Id of event.
Event Code	024693qgtm	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak024693qgtm,us6000myqg,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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