A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 78 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (48 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:45:11 / 11:45 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us200030ct. Unique identifier: us200030ct. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -169.3688 West, latitude 52.3046 North, depth = 42.41 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 42.41 km (26 miles). Global time and date of event 27/07/15 / 2015-07-27 10:45:11 / July 27, 2015 @ 10:45 am UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 78 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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