A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 86 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (53 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/07/15 / 2015-07-27 08:27:52 / July 27, 2015 @ 8:27 am. All ids that are associated to the event: ak11657866, us200030c5. Unique identifier: us200030c5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.6 km (23 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -169.4841 West, latitude 52.2583 North, depth = 37.6 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:27:52 / 9:27 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 86 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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