A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 89 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska (55 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -156.2728 West, latitude 57.9107 North, depth = 119.1 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 119.1 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 12/10/17 / 2017-10-12 05:51:18 / October 12, 2017 @ 5:51 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak17019997. Id of event: ak17019997. The temblor was reported at 20:51:18 / 8:51 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 89 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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