A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 28 km SW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (17 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.6 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 07:39:16 / 7:39 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/05/17 / 2017-05-08 17:39:16 / May 8, 2017 @ 5:39 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: ak15989982. Event ids that are associated: ak15989982. Exact location of earthquake, -178.4234° West, 51.6987° North, depth 4.6 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 28 km SW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.
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