A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 104 km SE of Yunaska Island, Alaska (65 miles) on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/07/15 / 2015-07-31 05:12:38 / July 31, 2015 @ 5:12 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -169.5466 West, latitude 52.011 North, depth = 40.66 km. The temblor was reported at 18:12:38 / 6:12 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us10002wsu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002wsu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.66 km (25 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ninety-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and two and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 104 km SE of Yunaska Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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