A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 103 km SE of Adak, Alaska (64 miles) on Thursday. Unique identifier: us10005gyq. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005gyq. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.06 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 13:28:47 / 1:28 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/05/16 / 2016-05-13 01:28:47 / May 13, 2016 @ 1:28 am. Exact location of event, longitude -175.4252 West, latitude 51.3561 North, depth = 20.06 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 103 km SE of Adak, Alaska.
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