A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 102 km NE of Chignik Lake, Alaska (63 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -157.7486° West, 56.985° North, depth 5.3 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13507856. Id of event: ak13507856. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.3 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/05/16 / 2016-05-02 04:37:20 / May 2, 2016 @ 4:37 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:37:20 / 8:37 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seventy-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 102 km NE of Chignik Lake, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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