A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 107 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (66 miles). Id of earthquake: us60005lvj. Event ids that are associated: us60005lvj. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.24 km (16 miles). Exact location, longitude 179.0358° East, latitude 51.039° North, depth = 25.24 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:30:38 / 11:30 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/09/19 / 2019-09-21 23:30:38 / September 21, 2019 @ 11:30 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 107 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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