A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 59 km E of Yunaska Island, Alaska (37 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -169.8296 West, latitude 52.5323 North, depth = 36.76 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.76 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 03:32:32 / 3:32 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 29/07/15 / 2015-07-29 14:32:32 / July 29, 2015 @ 2:32 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000319j. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000319j.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fourty-five, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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: 59 km E of Yunaska Island, Alaska.
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