A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 41 km SW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (25 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:51:01 / 11:51 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us700034ft. Unique identifier: us700034ft. Global time and date of event 02/04/19 / 2019-04-02 21:51:01 / April 2, 2019 @ 9:51 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 178.052° East, 51.7014° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 41 km SW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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