A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 93 km SE of Yunaska Island, Alaska (58 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/08/15 / 2015-08-03 22:48:08 / August 3, 2015 @ 10:48 pm. Exact location, longitude -169.6147° West, latitude 52.1177° North, depth = 18.94 km. The temblor was detected at 11:48:08 / 11:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.94 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us10002xmm. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002xmm.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 93 km SE of Yunaska Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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