A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 28 km S of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (17 miles) on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008pqg, ak15921279. Id of event: us10008pqg. Exact location, longitude -178.2144° West, latitude 51.6308° North, depth = 10.46 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:51:59 / 1:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/05/17 / 2017-05-05 11:51:59 / May 5, 2017 @ 11:51 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10.46 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 28 km S of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.
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