A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 80 km SSW of Amukta Island, Alaska (50 miles) on Monday. Exact location, longitude -171.7172° West, latitude 51.8257° North, depth = 44.79 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/04/18 / 2018-04-23 15:03:07 / April 23, 2018 @ 3:03 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 04:03:07 / 4:03 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 44.79 km (28 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000dqp3. Unique identifier: us1000dqp3.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 80 km SSW of Amukta Island, Alaska.
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