A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 84 km SSE of Atka, Alaska (52 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -173.5284° West, 51.5589° North, depth 37.01 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 23:52:20 / 11:52 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.01 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/03/16 / 2016-03-18 11:52:20 / March 18, 2016 @ 11:52 am. Event id: us20005aqb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005aqb.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-seven 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 84 km SSE of Atka, Alaska.
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