A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 108 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (67 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 25.91 km (16 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g3pc. Id of event: us1000g3pc. The temblor was reported at 12:43:49 / 12:43 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 00:43:49 / August 5, 2018 @ 12:43 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 25.91 km, 178.94° East, 51.0164° North.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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: 108 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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