A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 100 km NE of Chignik Lake, Alaska (62 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: ak13772238. Ids that are associated to the event: us20006fst, ak13772238. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/07/16 / 2016-07-19 12:48:02 / July 19, 2016 @ 12:48 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 04:48:02 / 4:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -157.9003 West, latitude 57.0638 North, depth = 0 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 100 km NE of Chignik Lake, Alaska.
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