A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 265 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (165 miles). Exact location, longitude -148.7502° West, latitude 56.467° North, depth = 20.5 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/05/19 / 2019-05-29 16:22:51 / May 29, 2019 @ 4:22 pm. 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: us60003tqh. Unique identifier: us60003tqh. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:22:51 / 6:22 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.5 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days six hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
Questions or comments?
What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 265 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply