A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 75 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska (47 miles) on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/08/16 / 2016-08-29 13:00:08 / August 29, 2016 @ 1:00 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -165.2918° West, 53.5171° North, depth 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:00:08 / 2:00 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20006v19. Unique identifier: us20006v19.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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