A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 52 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (32 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.4 km (15 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/08/17 / 2017-08-09 13:49:28 / August 9, 2017 @ 1:49 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: ak16489548. Event ids that are associated: ak16489548. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:49:28 / 2:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 23.4 km, -169.027° West, 52.4759° North.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 52 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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