A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 39 km NNW of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska (24 miles) on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/05/16 / 2016-05-18 03:25:48 / May 18, 2016 @ 3:25 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -151.093 West, latitude 65.299 North, depth = 12 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Manley Hot Springs in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: at00o7cs70. Ids that are associated to the event: at00o7cs70. The epicenter was at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). The temblor was picked up at 19:25:48 / 7:25 pm (local time epicenter).
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 two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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