A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 28 km SE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (17 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us60007ee1. Unique identifier: us60007ee1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.8912 West, latitude 51.6748 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/01/20 / 2020-01-24 03:35:56 / January 24, 2020 @ 3:35 am. The temblor was picked up at 17:35:56 / 5:35 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 28 km SE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.
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