A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 12 km SW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (7 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/09/18 / 2018-09-10 10:38:40 / September 10, 2018 @ 10:38 am. Exact location of event, longitude 178.3898 East, latitude 51.8582 North, depth = 115.09 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20249966, us2000hbva. Unique identifier: us2000hbva. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 115.09 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 00:38:40 / 12:38 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 12 km SW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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