A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 95 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (59 miles) on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/05/20 / 2020-05-17 05:26:30 / May 17, 2020 @ 5:26 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70009imm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70009imm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:26:30 / 6:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -169.4466 West, latitude 52.1603 North, depth = 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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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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: 95 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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