A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 31 km WSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (19 miles) on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 178.0688° East, latitude 51.8731° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000k9ff. Unique identifier: us2000k9ff. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/04/19 / 2019-04-03 01:03:43 / April 3, 2019 @ 1:03 am. The temblor was reported at 15:03:43 / 3:03 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixty-three 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. 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: 31 km WSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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