A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 208 km SE of Akutan, Alaska (129 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20006fsa. Unique identifier: us20006fsa. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.8 km (5 miles). Exact location, longitude -163.8629° West, latitude 52.6472° North, depth = 8.8 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/07/16 / 2016-07-19 11:28:27 / July 19, 2016 @ 11:28 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 00:28:27 / 12:28 am (local time epicenter).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 208 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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