A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 72 km WNW of Skagway, Alaska (45 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/05/17 / 2017-05-01 18:30:41 / May 1, 2017 @ 6:30 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.3 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -136.4686 West, latitude 59.734 North, depth = 13.3 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak15857692. Unique identifier: ak15857692. The temblor was picked up at 10:30:41 / 10:30 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-eight, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 72 km WNW of Skagway, Alaska.
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