A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 76 km NNE of Adak, Alaska (47 miles) on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/01/17 / 2017-01-13 05:46:08 / January 13, 2017 @ 5:46 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -176.334 West, latitude 52.539 North, depth = 176.54 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 176.54 km (110 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007t12. Id of event: us10007t12. The temblor was detected at 17:46:08 / 5:46 pm (local time epicenter).
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 three and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 76 km NNE of Adak, Alaska.
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