A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 97 km SE of Yunaska Island, Alaska (60 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 04:26:34 / 4:26 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -169.5142 West, latitude 52.1355 North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000k9p1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000k9p1. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/03/19 / 2019-03-26 15:26:34 / March 26, 2019 @ 3:26 pm.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 97 km SE of Yunaska Island, Alaska.
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