A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 92 km SSW of Atka, Alaska (57 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:58:44 / 3:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -174.544 West, latitude 51.388 North, depth = 25.6 km. 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: 25/04/16 / 2016-04-25 15:58:44 / April 25, 2016 @ 3:58 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25.6 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10005ck7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13494477, us10005ck7.
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 92 km SSW of Atka, Alaska.
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