A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 199 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (124 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 177.4191° East, 50.2857° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 12:18:13 / 12:18 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000i4z2. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20307243, us2000i4z2. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/10/18 / 2018-10-24 00:18:13 / October 24, 2018 @ 12:18 am UTC/GMT.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 199 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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