A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 63 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska (39 miles). Event id: us2000jl1p. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jl1p. The temblor was detected at 21:52:20 / 9:52 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 21/02/19 / 2019-02-21 08:52:20 / February 21, 2019 @ 8:52 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.9 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -168.539° West, latitude 52.3991° North, depth = 28.9 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 63 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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