A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 45 km WSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (28 miles). Unique identifier: us70005gqr. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005gqr. Exact location of event, longitude 177.9382 East, latitude 51.744 North, depth = 154.13 km. The temblor was reported at 08:20:06 / 8:20 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/09/19 / 2019-09-15 18:20:06 / September 15, 2019 @ 6:20 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 154.13 km (96 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 45 km WSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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