A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 62 km NNW of Attu Station, Alaska (39 miles). Global time and date of event 09/02/19 / 2019-02-09 10:34:01 / February 9, 2019 @ 10:34 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:34:01 / 10:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 172.7912 East, latitude 53.3567 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us2000jfmt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jfmt.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 62 km NNW of Attu Station, Alaska.
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