A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 186 km WSW of Attu Station, Alaska (116 miles) on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/03/19 / 2019-03-22 08:32:01 / March 22, 2019 @ 8:32 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 170.7794 East, latitude 52.0391 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:32:01 / 7:32 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000k74x. Event ids that are associated: us2000k74x.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 186 km WSW of Attu Station, Alaska.
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