A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 52 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (32 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -169.027° West, 52.4759° North, depth 23.4 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000a6d9. Event ids that are associated: ak16489548, us2000a6d9. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.4 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 09/08/17 / 2017-08-09 13:49:28 / August 9, 2017 @ 1:49 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:49:28 / 2:49 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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