A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 96 km SSE of Atka, Alaska (60 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/03/16 / 2016-03-12 12:40:07 / March 12, 2016 @ 12:40 pm. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:40:07 / 12:40 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 21.77 km (14 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak12969012, us20005a7u. Id of event: us20005a7u. Exact location of event, longitude -173.9149 West, latitude 51.3487 North, depth = 21.77 km. 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 earthquakes 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 sixty, in the last 10 days sixty-two, in the past 30 days sixty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 96 km SSE of Atka, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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