A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 71 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska (44 miles). The temblor was detected at 12:57:35 / 12:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/01/16 / 2016-01-21 23:57:35 / January 21, 2016 @ 11:57 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.4 km (26 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004g83. Id of event: us10004g83. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -168.3321 West, latitude 52.3882 North, depth = 41.4 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 71 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska.
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