A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 77 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (48 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/07/15 / 2015-07-27 05:31:49 / July 27, 2015 @ 5:31 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: ak11657519. Event ids that are associated: ak11657519. The epicenter was at a depth of 25.7 km (16 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 18:31:49 / 6:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 25.7 km, -169.2941° West, 52.2951° North.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 77 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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