A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 57 km SW of Kiska Volcano, Alaska (35 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 177.1015 East, latitude 51.6899 North, depth = 62.37 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/09/17 / 2017-09-15 13:04:37 / September 15, 2017 @ 1:04 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 03:04:37 / 3:04 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak16829339, us2000aqfs. Id of event: us2000aqfs. The epicenter was at a depth of 62.37 km (39 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 57 km SW of Kiska Volcano, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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