A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 70 km NW of Chirikof Island, Alaska (43 miles) on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/06/18 / 2018-06-16 02:52:01 / June 16, 2018 @ 2:52 am. Exact location of event, longitude -156.6456 West, latitude 56.2635 North, depth = 9.1 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak19772088. Id of event: ak19772088. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.1 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:52:01 / 4:52 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 70 km NW of Chirikof Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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