A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 255 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (158 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/03/18 / 2018-03-06 07:26:29 / March 6, 2018 @ 7:26 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000dcsa. Unique identifier: us2000dcsa. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.92 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -149.8357 West, latitude 55.9777 North, depth = 6.92 km. The temblor was reported at 21:26:29 / 9:26 pm (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifty-four, in the past 30 days six hundred and sixty and in the last 365 days two thousand, three hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. 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: 255 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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