A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 34 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (21 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 115.86 km (72 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:00:55 / 10:00 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 178.3423° East, latitude 51.6566° North, depth = 115.86 km. Unique identifier: us10006v3s. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006v3s. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/10/16 / 2016-10-05 07:00:55 / October 5, 2016 @ 7:00 am UTC/GMT.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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