A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 141 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (88 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us100098zp. Event ids that are associated: us100098zp. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/07/17 / 2017-07-11 23:42:42 / July 11, 2017 @ 11:42 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 11:42:42 / 11:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 178.8798 East, latitude 50.7012 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and three 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 141 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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