A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 7 km WNW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (4 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:17:52 / 11:17 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/03/16 / 2016-03-19 20:17:52 / March 19, 2016 @ 8:17 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 178.3969° East, 51.9687° North, depth 103.38 km. Event id: us20005b2v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13009426, us20005b2v. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 103.38 km (64 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km WNW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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