A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 117 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska (73 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/02/19 / 2019-02-13 23:18:48 / February 13, 2019 @ 11:18 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 12:18:48 / 12:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -168.1407° West, latitude 51.9817° North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us2000jhn1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jhn1.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 117 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska.
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