A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 45 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (28 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 54.4 km, 178.6489° East, 51.5497° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/12/17 / 2017-12-19 11:42:20 / December 19, 2017 @ 11:42 am. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:42:20 / 1:42 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 54.4 km (34 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bt0w. Id of event: us1000bt0w.
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 one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 45 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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