A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 103 km SE of Atka, Alaska (64 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000j9ft. Unique identifier: us1000j9ft. Exact location of event, longitude -173.224 West, latitude 51.4844 North, depth = 32.82 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:17:37 / 5:17 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 32.82 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/02/19 / 2019-02-21 17:17:37 / February 21, 2019 @ 5:17 pm UTC/GMT.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 103 km SE of Atka, Alaska.
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