A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 71 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska (44 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cqhs. Unique identifier: us2000cqhs. Exact location, longitude -168.507° West, latitude 52.3344° North, depth = 26.71 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 26.71 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 28/01/18 / 2018-01-28 00:10:12 / January 28, 2018 @ 12:10 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 13:10:12 / 1:10 pm (local time epicenter).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 71 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska.
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