A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 34 km S of Kiska Volcano, Alaska (21 miles). Exact location, longitude 177.6506° East, latitude 51.7939° North, depth = 73.5 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:21:25 / 8:21 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 73.5 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/05/16 / 2016-05-05 17:21:25 / May 5, 2016 @ 5:21 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005e38. Id of event: us10005e38.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 34 km S of Kiska Volcano, Alaska.
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