A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 2 km WNW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (1 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/07/18 / 2018-07-12 13:14:34 / July 12, 2018 @ 1:14 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 178.4747 East, latitude 51.954 North, depth = 121.22 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 121.22 km (75 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:14:34 / 3:14 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000g2zx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000g2zx.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 2 km WNW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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