A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 69 km ESE of Yunaska Island, Alaska (43 miles) on Friday. 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: us2000has0. Id of event: us2000has0. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.72 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -169.739 West, latitude 52.4008 North, depth = 35.72 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/09/18 / 2018-09-07 23:47:41 / September 7, 2018 @ 11:47 pm. The temblor was picked up at 12:47:41 / 12:47 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 69 km ESE of Yunaska Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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