A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 74 km S of Nikolski, Alaska (46 miles). The temblor was detected at 14:15:46 / 2:15 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/03/16 / 2016-03-30 01:15:46 / March 30, 2016 @ 1:15 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005d9r. Unique identifier: us20005d9r. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32.25 km (20 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -168.7184° West, 52.2758° North, depth 32.25 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km S of Nikolski, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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