6.1 Richters Far Western Alaska Islands Region Struck There Late Sunday Night!!! Although Felt Reports Actually Came In From Anchorage, Too!!! AND One That Struck DURING a "Rose Bowl Game" One January 1st to Mention!!!

Checked on the exact time this one rang my phone and it was 9:47pm Sunday Night, so quite late even by Alaska Time, or 6:47pm Anchorage Time and surely a ways beyond Sunset there and easy to say past dark. . . only being a few days past their "Shortest Day" you know! And although over a thousand miles to the more populated regions, seems to have still been felt there as the felt reports that follow show:

6.1 - 116km SE of Cold Bay, Alaska
2018-12-31 02:35:37 54.428°N 161.472°W 26.9 km depth

Nearby Places
49.6 Miles W. of Pauloff Harbor, Alaska
633.3 Miles NE of Anchorage, Alaska, USA
646.3 Miles NE of Eagle River, Alaska, USA
654.5 Miles NE of Knik-Fairview, Alaska, USA
1017.2 Miles NW of Anadyr, Chukotka, Russia

And here's the felt report from the 6.1 late Sunday. Notice distance to all the usual places such as Anchorage at over 1000 Miles to the East of this epicenter:

6.1 - 116km SE of Cold Bay, Alaska
2018-12-31 02:35:37 54.428°N 161.472°W 26.9 km depth

City......State...Zip...USA...................#......Km
King Cove AK 99612 United States of America...8...111 km
Akutan AK 99553 United States of America......1...284 km
Unalaska AK 99685 United States of America....1...349 km
Anchorage AK 99502 United States of America...1...1012 km
Anchorage AK 99501 United States of America...1...1023 km
Anchorage AK 99508 United States of America...2...1024 km
Anchorage AK 99504 United States of America...2...1027 km
Chugiak AK 99567 United States of America.....2...1063 km

At first this one looked like it could be the big one for that region where the underwater volcano/tsunami recently struck Indonesia. . . but upon checking the epicenter isn't quite that far south! Although originally billed as "Far South of Sumatra Island", this one is further south than Banda Aceh, but not quite south to the Northern Tip of Java Island, either, which you may be able to tell by this list of nearby places and there were no felt reports from this possibly much more sparsley populated region, there:

5.8 - 91km NW of Lubuklinggau, Indonesia
2018-12-30 08:39:12 2.657°S 102.349°E 168.3 km depth

Nearby Places
13 Miles NNW of Rantaupangiang, Jambi, Indo.
56 Miles SE of Lubuklinggau, South Sumatra
57 Miles SSE of Curup, Bengkulu, Indonesia
78 Miles WNW of Sungai Penuh, Jambi, Indonesia
78 Miles S. of Bengkulu, Bengkulu, Indonesia

Now here's: Eruption of Anka Krakatau Volcano-Seventeen The Band "Earthquake Minute" VIDEO of December 28, 2018, CLICK Arrow: Watch Anka Krakatau-17 Band Earthquake Minute at YouTube@ https://youtu.be/Avg2_TU4Bsc And SEE The Transcript@ https://earthquakealert3.blogspot.com/2018/12/in-memory-of-seventeen-band-mt-anak.html

Here's the felt report at 121 from late Friday 7.0 Philippines Earthquake and I notice felt in Sulawesi, Indonesia if you read all the way to 545 Kilometers, there:

7.0 - 83km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
2018-12-29 03:39:09-UTC 60.1 km depth

City.........Region...Country..................#......Km
Mayo Southern Mindanao Philippines.........1....139 km
Santa Maria Southern Mindanao Philippines..1....173 km
Talicod Southern Mindanao Philippines......3....177 km
Samal Southern Mindanao Philippines........2....183 km
Buayan Southern Mindanao Philippines.......6....186 km
Katangawan Southern Mindanao Philippines...2....189 km
Glan Southern Mindanao Philippines.........1....190 km
Guihing Southern Mindanao Philippines......1....190 km
Balutakay Southern Mindanao Philippines....1....192 km
Davao Southern Mindanao Philippines.......41....192 km
Digos Southern Mindanao Philippines........3....194 km
Klinan Southern Mindanao Philippines.......2....198 km
Bato Southern Mindanao Philippines.........7....200 km
Lasang Southern Mindanao Philippines.......1....201 km
Panabo Southern Mindanao Philippines.......1....203 km
San Jose, Gen Santos City, S Cotabato......1....204 km
Ula Southern Mindanao Philippines..........1....204 km
Canocotan Southern Mindanao Philippines....3....205 km
Mawab Southern Mindanao Philippines........1....206 km
Magsaysay (Carmen, Davao del Norte.........1....213 km
New Bohol Southern Mindanao Philippines....1....213 km
Pagsabangan Southern Mindanao Philippines..2....213 km
Koronadal Southern Mindanao Philippines....1....234 km
Banga Southern Mindanao Philippines........2....240 km
Kiamba Southern Mindanao Philippines.......1....250 km
San Isidro, San Francisco, Caraga Ph.......1....300 km
Bahbah Caraga Philippines..................1....314 km
Butuan Caraga Philippines..................7....362 km
Barra Northern Mindanao Philippines........11...372 km
Gingoog Northern Mindanao Philippines......1....372 km
Villanueva Northern Mindanao Philippines...1....372 km
Igpit Northern Mindanao Philippines........1....378 km
Cabadbaran Caraga Philippines..............3....381 km
Lagonglong Northern Mindanao Philippines...1....390 km
Purok Caraga Philippines...................1....431 km
Manado Sulawesi Utara Indonesia............1....545 km
Tangke (Naga, Cebu) Central Visayas Ph.....1....578 km
Ternate Maluku Utara Indonesia.............1....579 km
Meyungs Koror Palau........................1....860 km
General Luna Southern Tagalog Philippines..1....996 km
Mataram Nusa Tenggara Barat Indonesia......1...2002 km

AND one more to add to the fact that Anchorage continues to shake, too:

3.4 - 16km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska
2018-12-29 17:27:28 61.361°N 150.096°W 34.7 km depth

City......Region.....Country......................#......Km
Elmendorf AFB AK 99506 United States........1....39 km
Anchorage AK 99501 United States of America.1....40 km
Anchorage AK 99517 United States of America.2....40 km
Anchorage AK 99502 United States............14...41 km
Anchorage AK 99508 United States of America.9....41 km
Wasilla AK 99654 United States of America...12...41 km
Anchorage AK 99518 United States of America.1....42 km
Anchorage AK 99504 United States of America.4....43 km
Anchorage AK 99507 United States of America.8....45 km
Anchorage AK 99515 United States of America.2....45 km
Anchorage AK 99516 United States of America.6....51 km
Chugiak AK 99567 United States of America...7....54 km
Eagle River AK 99577 United States..........23...56 km

This one came in closer to press time and a lot of the same places on the felt report, which I may publish otherwise since it was late Sunday, that won't really be complete until later, and not sure when I'll publish my next edition with all the New Years coming!!! So here's the banner from it:

3.9 - 18km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska
2018-12-31 03:28:48 (UTC) 19.8 km depth

That last report was at 383 and just upped a few when I refreshed it prior to posting this blog, so I'll keep an eye on it and big difference from the above one which appears to be from December 29, is Homer is on there and Chugiak has 36 and the above one Chugiak has 7 although 3.9 is a bigger earthquake so you might expect that and they are just a few miles apart, there.

And just a little bit of shaking around Los Angeles, too:

0.9 8km N of La Verne, CA 2018-12-30 22:03
1.7 7km NNE of San Dimas, CA 2018-12-30 16:30
2.3 7km NNE of San Dimas, CA 2018-12-30 16:29

My final note for the year says to post a reminder that there was a 5 Magnitude Earthquake that struck Malibu on January 1, 1979 that I had heard shook during that years "Rose Bowl Game" so I checked and found this:

5.2 - 13km S of Malibu Beach, CA
1979-01-01 23:14, 33.917°N 118.687°W 13.3 km depth

Nearby Places
8 Miles N. of Malibu Beach, California
9.2 Miles NW of Malibu, California, USA
13.3 Miles ENE of Santa Monica, California
14 Miles ENE of Venice, California, USA

Here's a link to description of that earthquake and final score of that Rose Bowl Game which wasn't interrupted@ http://scedc.caltech.edu/significant/malibu1979.html AND an actual link to the USGS Report which seems to still exist there@ https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci12228815/executive CLICK on Regional Info for location info. . . and of course all this because there remains one alert for all around the Pacific that runs till at least Mid-January and there HAVE been quite a number of "January Earthquakes" which I'll discuss in detail in my next edition.

And there you have it!!! That's a wrap on another Great Year for your old friend "The EQ Guy" and all my work with earthquakes such as the EQ Blog you're reading!!! Thank-You All for following and here's looking forward to another Great Year: New Years 2019!!! Happy New Years, Everybody!!!!!

EQ Guy


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