A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 73 km SW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (45 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 177.8919° East, 51.4041° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 12:59:18 / 12:59 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak019485soap. Ids that are associated to the event: ak019485soap. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/04/19 / 2019-04-02 00:59:18 / April 2, 2019 @ 12:59 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 73 km SW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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