A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 89 km ENE of Chirikof Island, Alaska (55 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.4 km (15 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak17706706. Unique identifier: ak17706706. Global time and date of event 27/12/17 / 2017-12-27 22:27:20 / December 27, 2017 @ 10:27 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 12:27:20 / 12:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -154.3069° West, latitude 56.1439° North, depth = 23.4 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 89 km ENE of Chirikof Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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