A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 82 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (51 miles) on Thursday. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:46:30 / 2:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 178.8074 East, latitude 51.2346 North, depth = 41.98 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us700061yu. Unique identifier: us700061yu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 41.98 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/10/19 / 2019-10-23 14:46:30 / October 23, 2019 @ 2:46 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 82 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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