A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 34 km W of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (21 miles) on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/07/18 / 2018-07-27 07:44:10 / July 27, 2018 @ 7:44 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000gezi. Event ids that are associated: us2000gezi. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:44:10 / 9:44 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 117.71 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 178.0096 East, latitude 51.9092 North, depth = 117.71 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km W of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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