A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 142 km SW of Chirikof Island, Alaska (88 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/12/17 / 2017-12-15 08:38:49 / December 15, 2017 @ 8:38 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -156.8793 West, latitude 54.7681 North, depth = 0 km. Event id: ak17600285. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak17600285. The temblor was detected at 22:38:49 / 10:38 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 142 km SW of Chirikof Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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