A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 118 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska (73 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.44 km (10 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 01:10:54 / 1:10 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/04/17 / 2017-04-29 12:10:54 / April 29, 2017 @ 12:10 pm. Exact location of event, depth 16.44 km, -162.9787° West, 53.8218° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us10008m0d. Unique identifier: us10008m0d.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 118 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska.
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