A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 69 km ENE of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska (43 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.4485 West, latitude 52.1623 North, depth = 241.9 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/10/18 / 2018-10-30 13:18:05 / October 30, 2018 @ 1:18 pm. A tsunami warning has been issued near Semisopochnoi Island in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: ak20304837. Event ids that are associated: at00pheya4, ak20304837. The temblor was picked up at 01:18:05 / 1:18 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 241.9 km (150 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 69 km ENE of Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska.
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