A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 114 km SSW of Chirikof Island, Alaska (71 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -156.1918 West, latitude 54.8527 North, depth = 8.7 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:01:53 / 2:01 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/10/17 / 2017-10-12 00:01:53 / October 12, 2017 @ 12:01 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000aqjd. Ids that are associated to the event: ak17017316, us1000aqjd. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.7 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 114 km SSW of Chirikof Island, Alaska.
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