A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 92 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (57 miles). Event id: us100077ni. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100077ni. The temblor was detected at 00:13:01 / 12:13 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 14/11/16 / 2016-11-14 12:13:01 / November 14, 2016 @ 12:13 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40.83 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 178.8181° East, latitude 51.1368° North, depth = 40.83 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 92 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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