A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 13 km ENE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (8 miles) on Thursday. Id of earthquake: us100097jk. Event ids that are associated: us100097jk. The temblor was detected at 16:49:57 / 4:49 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 07/07/17 / 2017-07-07 02:49:57 / July 7, 2017 @ 2:49 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 88.64 km (55 miles). Exact location of event, depth 88.64 km, 178.6843° East, 51.995° North. 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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