A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 72 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska (45 miles). Exact location of event, depth 49.92 km, -169.6488° West, 52.4888° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/02/17 / 2017-02-21 04:09:00 / February 21, 2017 @ 4:09 am. Unique identifier: us20008mpy. Ids that are associated to the event: ak15419621, us20008mpy. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 49.92 km (31 miles). The temblor was picked up at 17:09:00 / 5:09 pm (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 72 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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