A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 102 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (63 miles) on Monday. Unique identifier: ak14362046. Ids that are associated to the event: ak14362046. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.2 km (8 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/11/16 / 2016-11-14 02:13:34 / November 14, 2016 @ 2:13 am. Exact location of earthquake, 178.7285° East, 51.0381° North, depth 12.2 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:13:34 / 2:13 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 102 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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