A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 124 km N of Yunaska Island, Alaska (77 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 182.78 km (114 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 09:40:43 / 9:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -170.3678 West, latitude 53.736 North, depth = 182.78 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/05/17 / 2017-05-09 20:40:43 / May 9, 2017 @ 8:40 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008qzc. Id of event: us10008qzc.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 124 km N of Yunaska Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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