A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 101 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (63 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 179.0374 East, latitude 51.1023 North, depth = 28.81 km. 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: 21/09/19 / 2019-09-21 23:00:46 / September 21, 2019 @ 11:00 pm. The temblor was reported at 11:00:46 / 11:00 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us60005lv9. Unique identifier: us60005lv9. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 28.81 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 101 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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