A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 28 km SE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (17 miles). Event id: us10007v53. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007v53. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 23:56:15 / 11:56 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/01/17 / 2017-01-24 09:56:15 / January 24, 2017 @ 9:56 am. Exact location of event, longitude -177.9003 West, latitude 51.6716 North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 28 km SE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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