A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 33 km W of Amukta Island, Alaska (21 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 09:07:06 / 9:07 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 31/05/18 / 2018-05-31 20:07:06 / May 31, 2018 @ 8:07 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -171.7469 West, latitude 52.4307 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000efw4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak19695172, us1000efw4.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km W of Amukta Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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