A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 58 km SSE of Yunaska Island, Alaska (36 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 26.27 km, -170.5257° West, 52.1141° North. The temblor was detected at 15:28:32 / 3:28 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 26.27 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/12/17 / 2017-12-02 02:28:32 / December 2, 2017 @ 2:28 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bk6n. Unique identifier: us1000bk6n.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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: 58 km SSE of Yunaska Island, Alaska.
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