A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 6 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (4 miles) on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 178.4846 East, latitude 51.8958 North, depth = 99.4 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 99.4 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:11:34 / 3:11 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 11/07/15 / 2015-07-11 00:11:34 / July 11, 2015 @ 12:11 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us20002wpw. Unique identifier: us20002wpw.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 6 km SSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska.
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