A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 59 km SSW of Chirikof Island, Alaska (37 miles) on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 20:18:03 / July 18, 2015 @ 8:18 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11650157. Id of event: ak11650157. The temblor was reported at 10:18:03 / 10:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -155.9556 West, latitude 55.3256 North, depth = 32 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32 km (20 miles).
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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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