A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 38 km SW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (24 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak16003451. Id of event: ak16003451. Exact location of earthquake, -178.5828° West, 51.6656° North, depth 5.4 km. 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: 09/05/17 / 2017-05-09 04:38:37 / May 9, 2017 @ 4:38 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.4 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 18:38:37 / 6:38 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-seven, in the last 10 days fifty-four, in the past 30 days fifty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 38 km SW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.
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