A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 52 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska (32 miles) on Monday. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:11:37 / 7:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/10/15 / 2015-10-13 03:11:37 / October 13, 2015 @ 3:11 am. Exact location of event, depth 80.98 km, -149.3738° West, 62.9577° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10003n7e. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003n7e. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 80.98 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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