A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 104 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (65 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:23:39 / 12:23 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20005e6y. Unique identifier: us20005e6y. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -169.4532° West, 52.0723° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/04/16 / 2016-04-02 23:23:39 / April 2, 2016 @ 11:23 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 104 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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