A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 61 km SSE of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska (38 miles) on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/07/17 / 2017-07-15 16:11:12 / July 15, 2017 @ 4:11 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 179.8651° East, 51.4225° North, depth 51 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 51 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak16335429. Unique identifier: ak16335429. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:11:12 / 4:11 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 61 km SSE of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska.
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