A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 26 km NNE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (16 miles) on Friday. The temblor was detected at 13:05:44 / 1:05 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 163.58 km (102 miles). Unique identifier: us200066ne. Ids that are associated to the event: us200066ne. Exact location of event, longitude 178.683 East, latitude 52.1619 North, depth = 163.58 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/06/16 / 2016-06-24 22:05:44 / June 24, 2016 @ 10:05 pm.
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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days ninety-nine 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: 26 km NNE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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