A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 27 km SW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (17 miles). Global time and date of event 08/05/17 / 2017-05-08 19:53:19 / May 8, 2017 @ 7:53 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -178.3946° West, latitude 51.6885° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10008qka. Event ids that are associated: us10008qka. The temblor was reported at 09:53:19 / 9:53 am (local time epicenter).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 27 km SW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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