A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 36 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.3883 West, latitude 51.5973 North, depth = 4.8 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.8 km (3 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak15991407. Unique identifier: ak15991407. Global time and date of event 08/05/17 / 2017-05-08 18:10:14 / May 8, 2017 @ 6:10 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 08:10:14 / 8:10 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days fourty-four, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 36 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.
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