A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 58 km SE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (36 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 46.91 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us10006t4f. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006t4f. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:25:15 / 1:25 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/09/16 / 2016-09-27 10:25:15 / September 27, 2016 @ 10:25 am. Exact location, longitude -177.6599° West, latitude 51.4565° North, depth = 46.91 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 58 km SE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.
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