A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 41 km NW of Nikolski, Alaska (25 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -169.304° West, 53.2063° North, depth 106.91 km. Unique identifier: us100073wz. Ids that are associated to the event: ak14295097, us100073wz. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/11/16 / 2016-11-03 08:53:52 / November 3, 2016 @ 8:53 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 106.91 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 21:53:52 / 9:53 pm (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 41 km NW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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