A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 143 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (89 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000iv9b. Event ids that are associated: us2000iv9b. Exact location of earthquake, 178.0056° East, 50.6953° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:18:36 / 6:18 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/18 / 2018-12-20 06:18:36 / December 20, 2018 @ 6:18 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 143 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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