A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 49 km E of Yunaska Island, Alaska (30 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 15.72 km, -169.9698° West, 52.646° North. The temblor was reported at 05:42:07 / 5:42 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.72 km (10 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/07/15 / 2015-07-29 14:42:07 / July 29, 2015 @ 2:42 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000319m. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000319m.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days fourty-five, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 49 km E of Yunaska Island, Alaska.
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