A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 74 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (46 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:49:31 / 5:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -169.3443 West, latitude 52.337 North, depth = 35 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/06/16 / 2016-06-19 16:49:31 / June 19, 2016 @ 4:49 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13664550, us2000662x. Id of event: us2000662x. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 74 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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