A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 143 km SSW of Amatignak Island, Alaska (89 miles) on Thursday. Exact location, longitude -179.8905° West, latitude 50.0761° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:44:07 / 9:44 pm (local time epicenter). 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). Unique identifier: us1000hsn3. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hsn3. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/11/18 / 2018-11-16 09:44:07 / November 16, 2018 @ 9:44 am.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 twenty-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.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 143 km SSW of Amatignak Island, Alaska.
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