A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 83 km SW of Amatignak Island, Alaska (52 miles) on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: ak19242521, us1000dn7e. Unique identifier: us1000dn7e. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/04/18 / 2018-04-18 17:24:40 / April 18, 2018 @ 5:24 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:24:40 / 5:24 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 179.9797° East, latitude 50.7732° North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 83 km SW of Amatignak Island, Alaska.
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