A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 35 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska (22 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 44.44 km (28 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak16353427, us20009xt4. Unique identifier: us20009xt4. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/07/17 / 2017-07-19 03:38:39 / July 19, 2017 @ 3:38 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -168.3573 West, latitude 52.854 North, depth = 44.44 km. The temblor was picked up at 17:38:39 / 5:38 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 35 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska.
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