A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.2787 West, latitude 51.76 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10008s3q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008s3q. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:43:17 / 6:43 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 13/05/17 / 2017-05-13 06:43:17 / May 13, 2017 @ 6:43 am UTC/GMT.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eighty-three, in the past 30 days ninety-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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