A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 67 km E of Amatignak Island, Alaska (42 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -178.1545° West, 51.1693° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/04/19 / 2019-04-18 01:38:22 / April 18, 2019 @ 1:38 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us700038a4. Unique identifier: us700038a4. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 13:38:22 / 1:38 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 67 km E of Amatignak Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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