A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 104 km E of Akutan, Alaska (65 miles) on Monday. Unique identifier: us20003mja. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003mja, ak11717899. The temblor was reported at 08:27:56 / 8:27 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.38 km (26 miles). Global time and date of event 21/09/15 / 2015-09-21 19:27:56 / September 21, 2015 @ 7:27 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 42.38 km, -164.1959° West, 53.9804° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 104 km E of Akutan, Alaska.
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