A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 71 km ESE of Adak, Alaska (44 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/07/15 / 2015-07-02 18:24:55 / July 2, 2015 @ 6:24 pm. Exact location of event, depth 40.6 km, -175.7676° West, 51.548° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: ak11639972. Ids that are associated to the event: ak11639972. The temblor was picked up at 06:24:55 / 6:24 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 40.6 km (25 miles).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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