A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 42 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (26 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -178.3459 West, latitude 51.5249 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 21:10:34 / 9:10 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/10/17 / 2017-10-13 07:10:34 / October 13, 2017 @ 7:10 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000arab, ak17028444. Id of event: us1000arab.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days seven hundred and sixteen 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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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: 42 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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