A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 70 km SSW of Atka, Alaska (43 miles) on Wednesday. Unique identifier: us10002y41. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002y41. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -174.5419° West, latitude 51.5982° North, depth = 41.48 km. The temblor was detected at 02:53:35 / 2:53 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 14:53:35 / August 5, 2015 @ 2:53 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.48 km (26 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 70 km SSW of Atka, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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