A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 34 km NE of Lake Minchumina, Alaska (21 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.5 km (3 miles). Exact location, longitude -151.8237° West, latitude 64.1117° North, depth = 4.5 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: ak0209z0oy4i. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000b92n, ak0209z0oy4i. Global time and date of event 04/08/20 / 2020-08-04 08:52:11 / August 4, 2020 @ 8:52 am UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:52:11 / 8:52 am (local time epicenter).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km NE of Lake Minchumina, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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