A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 56 km S of Kiska Volcano, Alaska (35 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/04/19 / 2019-04-03 14:45:24 / April 3, 2019 @ 2:45 pm. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:45:24 / 2:45 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.97 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 177.755° East, latitude 51.6007° North, depth = 10.97 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700034i4. Id of event: us700034i4.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 56 km S of Kiska Volcano, Alaska.
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