A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 103 km S of Atka, Alaska (64 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/09/15 / 2015-09-05 09:11:18 / September 5, 2015 @ 9:11 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42.27 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003gn9. Unique identifier: us20003gn9. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:11:18 / 9:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -174.3587° West, latitude 51.2672° North, depth = 42.27 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 103 km S of Atka, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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