A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 102 km E of Nikolski, Alaska (63 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 00:13:54 / 12:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 24.58 km, -167.3512° West, 53.0133° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.58 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/02/16 / 2016-02-28 11:13:54 / February 28, 2016 @ 11:13 am. Id of earthquake: us10004uks. Event ids that are associated: ak12906246, us10004uks. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 102 km E of Nikolski, Alaska.
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