A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 70 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (43 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ayaq. Unique identifier: us1000ayaq. The temblor was picked up at 00:41:46 / 12:41 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 34.91 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 178.5932 East, latitude 51.3159 North, depth = 34.91 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/10/17 / 2017-10-29 12:41:46 / October 29, 2017 @ 12:41 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 70 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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