A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 40 km SW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (25 miles) on Sunday. Unique identifier: us70005dh2. Ids that are associated to the event: ak019bjdqwgm, us70005dh2. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/09/19 / 2019-09-08 16:55:26 / September 8, 2019 @ 4:55 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 72.23 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 06:55:26 / 6:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 178.1456 East, latitude 51.6645 North, depth = 72.23 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 40 km SW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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