A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (0 miles) on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, -169.3008° West, 52.141° North, depth 19 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:53:33 / 4:53 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/07/15 / 2015-07-27 04:53:33 / July 27, 2015 @ 4:53 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ak11664752. Ids that are associated to the event: ak11664752. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-two, in the last 10 days seventy-six, in the past 30 days eighty and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-three 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
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