A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 156 km SSE of Amatignak Island, Alaska (97 miles) on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 03:11:04 / 3:11 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70005x6d. Event ids that are associated: us70005x6d. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/10/19 / 2019-10-14 15:11:04 / October 14, 2019 @ 3:11 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.2573 West, latitude 49.9611 North, depth = 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 156 km SSE of Amatignak Island, Alaska.
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