A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 86 km E of Hooper Bay, Alaska (53 miles). Unique identifier: ak20289691. Ids that are associated to the event: ak20289691. Exact location of earthquake, -164.4901° West, 61.4152° North, depth 15.1 km. The temblor was detected at 21:42:31 / 9:42 pm (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 15.1 km (9 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/10/18 / 2018-10-24 06:42:31 / October 24, 2018 @ 6:42 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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