A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 40 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska (25 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:53:41 / 4:53 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/05/18 / 2018-05-04 13:53:41 / May 4, 2018 @ 1:53 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 65.6 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000dxwb. Unique identifier: us1000dxwb. Exact location, longitude -160.9055° West, latitude 55.0595° North, depth = 65.6 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 40 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska.
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