A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 183 km SSW of Buldir Island, Alaska (114 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000404w. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000404w. Exact location, longitude 174.6035° East, latitude 50.9305° North, depth = 32.7 km. Global time and date of event 22/10/15 / 2015-10-22 22:59:25 / October 22, 2015 @ 10:59 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 10:59:25 / 10:59 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32.7 km (20 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 183 km SSW of Buldir Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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