A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 68 km SSE of Atka, Alaska (42 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004x7d. Id of event: us10004x7d. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/03/16 / 2016-03-13 14:18:46 / March 13, 2016 @ 2:18 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.8284 West, latitude 51.6239 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 02:18:46 / 2:18 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km SSE of Atka, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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