A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 129 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (80 miles) on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: ak13872309, us10006fxe. Unique identifier: us10006fxe. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 14:37:07 / 2:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 177.6577 East, latitude 50.9162 North, depth = 37.6 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/08/16 / 2016-08-23 02:37:07 / August 23, 2016 @ 2:37 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 37.6 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 129 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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