A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 156 km S of False Pass, Alaska (97 miles). The temblor was detected at 18:07:52 / 6:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/02/19 / 2019-02-24 05:07:52 / February 24, 2019 @ 5:07 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us2000jmab. Event ids that are associated: us2000jmab. Exact location, longitude -163.6305° West, latitude 53.4484° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 156 km S of False Pass, Alaska.
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