A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 175 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska (109 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000iwhb. Id of event: us2000iwhb. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/12/18 / 2018-12-23 00:50:58 / December 23, 2018 @ 12:50 am. Exact location of event, longitude -165.039 West, latitude 52.5752 North, depth = 10 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:50:58 / 1:50 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 175 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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