A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 47 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska (29 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -168.6432 West, latitude 52.5343 North, depth = 35 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us70006rbj. Unique identifier: us70006rbj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 08:56:11 / 8:56 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/12/19 / 2019-12-26 19:56:11 / December 26, 2019 @ 7:56 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 47 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska.
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