A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 31 km NNE of Nikolski, Alaska (19 miles) on Tuesday. Event id: us1000h62f. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h62f. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/10/18 / 2018-10-03 04:12:58 / October 3, 2018 @ 4:12 am. Exact location, longitude -168.6393° West, latitude 53.1858° North, depth = 82.7 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 82.7 km (51 miles). The temblor was picked up at 19:12:58 / 7:12 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-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.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 31 km NNE of Nikolski, Alaska.
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