A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 94 km SW of Atka, Alaska (58 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak12365459, us10004am7. Unique identifier: us10004am7. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/12/15 / 2015-12-31 21:22:01 / December 31, 2015 @ 9:22 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:22:01 / 9:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -175.2678 West, latitude 51.6655 North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 94 km SW of Atka, Alaska.
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