A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 16 km E of Unalaska, Alaska (10 miles) on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/11/18 / 2018-11-15 18:13:25 / November 15, 2018 @ 6:13 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:13:25 / 8:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -166.2811° West, latitude 53.8622° North, depth = 84.1 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak20362290, us1000hs81. Unique identifier: us1000hs81. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 84.1 km (52 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Every 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 ten and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 16 km E of Unalaska, Alaska.
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