A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 34 km WSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (21 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 178.0266° East, 51.8598° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:28:51 / 1:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/04/19 / 2019-04-02 23:28:51 / April 2, 2019 @ 11:28 pm. Id of earthquake: us2000k9eq. Event ids that are associated: us2000k9eq.
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 seven, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Did you feel anything?
How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 34 km WSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply