A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 75 km S of Kobuk, Alaska (47 miles). The temblor was reported at 02:52:25 / 2:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/05/19 / 2019-05-03 11:52:25 / May 3, 2019 @ 11:52 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.8 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0195nlynig. Id of event: ak0195nlynig. Exact location of event, longitude -157.1896 West, latitude 66.2437 North, depth = 0.8 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 75 km S of Kobuk, Alaska.
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