A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 94 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (58 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 31.57 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/05/16 / 2016-05-01 17:20:07 / May 1, 2016 @ 5:20 pm. Exact location of event, depth 31.57 km, -169.1798° West, 52.1107° North. The temblor was detected at 06:20:07 / 6:20 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005cvb. Id of event: us10005cvb.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days four hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 94 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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