A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 40 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (25 miles). The temblor was picked up at 10:09:08 / 10:09 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.2 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -178.4136 West, latitude 51.5575 North, depth = 13.2 km. Unique identifier: ak16016001. Ids that are associated to the event: ak16016001. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/05/17 / 2017-05-09 20:09:08 / May 9, 2017 @ 8:09 pm UTC/GMT.
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 fourty-four, in the last 10 days eighty-one, in the past 30 days eighty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 40 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.
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