A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 148 km S of Yakutat, Alaska (92 miles) on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: us20004z9d. Event ids that are associated: us20004z9d. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 10/02/16 / 2016-02-10 12:01:10 / February 10, 2016 @ 12:01 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -139.3418° West, 58.2331° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 03:01:10 / 3:01 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 148 km S of Yakutat, Alaska.
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