A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 154 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska (96 miles) on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 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 of earthquake, -166.8003° West, 52.3523° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 06:56:54 / 6:56 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/09/19 / 2019-09-23 17:56:54 / September 23, 2019 @ 5:56 pm. Unique identifier: us70005pel. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005pel.
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 154 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska.
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