A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 136 km SE of Akutan, Alaska (85 miles) on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.7 km (10 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -164.2223 West, latitude 53.324 North, depth = 15.7 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 27/02/18 / 2018-02-27 02:31:04 / February 27, 2018 @ 2:31 am UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:31:04 / 3:31 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ak18554610. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18554610.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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: 136 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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