A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, Pacific-Antarctic Ridge (0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/06/17 / 2017-06-16 18:51:19 / June 16, 2017 @ 6:51 pm. The temblor was picked up at 07:51:19 / 7:51 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009p0v. Id of event: us20009p0v. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -160.8545 West, latitude -62.5876 South, depth = 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Pacific-Antarctic Ridge. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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