A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 56 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (35 miles) on Sunday. Event id: us1000g3tq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g3tq. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 72.65 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 10:37:19 / August 5, 2018 @ 10:37 am UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:37:19 / 10:37 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 178.3783° East, 51.4484° North, depth 72.65 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 56 km S of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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