A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 53 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska (33 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/03/16 / 2016-03-19 09:41:32 / March 19, 2016 @ 9:41 am. All ids that are associated to the event: ak13004517. Unique identifier: ak13004517. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25.7 km (16 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -168.1279 West, latitude 52.7746 North, depth = 25.7 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 22:41:32 / 10:41 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 53 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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