A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 40 km W of Amatignak Island, Alaska (25 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 66.15 km (41 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -179.6791° West, 51.2132° North, depth 66.15 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/06/16 / 2016-06-01 07:17:31 / June 1, 2016 @ 7:17 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 19:17:31 / 7:17 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20005zjb. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005zjb, ak13620025.
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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 40 km W of Amatignak Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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