A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 74 km SSW of Atka, Alaska (46 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -174.4505 West, latitude 51.5475 North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/09/15 / 2015-09-05 07:42:41 / September 5, 2015 @ 7:42 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003gly. Id of event: us20003gly. The temblor was reported at 19:42:41 / 7:42 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 74 km SSW of Atka, Alaska.
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