A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 106 km SW of Buldir Island, Alaska (66 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 47.2 km (29 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/06/19 / 2019-06-12 04:39:45 / June 12, 2019 @ 4:39 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0197hn7xj6. Id of event: ak0197hn7xj6. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:39:45 / 4:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 174.6523° East, latitude 51.8161° North, depth = 47.2 km.
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 106 km SW of Buldir Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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