A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 96 km NW of Old Crow, Canada (60 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10006gdv. Unique identifier: us10006gdv. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15 km (9 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/08/16 / 2016-08-24 11:08:23 / August 24, 2016 @ 11:08 am. The temblor was detected at 03:08:23 / 3:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -141.5659° West, latitude 68.1436° North, depth = 15 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 96 km NW of Old Crow, Canada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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