A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 44 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska (27 miles) on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/08/17 / 2017-08-11 14:39:16 / August 11, 2017 @ 2:39 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 04:39:16 / 4:39 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000a7aj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000a7aj. Exact location, longitude -169.3346° West, latitude 52.6535° North, depth = 58.48 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 58.48 km (36 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 44 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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