A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 80 km S of Nikolski, Alaska (50 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -168.7607 West, latitude 52.2212 North, depth = 26.8 km. The temblor was reported at 07:14:00 / 7:14 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us20005cr7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005cr7. Global time and date of event 27/03/16 / 2016-03-27 18:14:00 / March 27, 2016 @ 6:14 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 26.8 km (17 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 80 km S of Nikolski, Alaska.
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