A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 13 km SSE of Amatignak Island, Alaska (8 miles) on Monday. The temblor was detected at 04:05:26 / 4:05 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.19 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/08/19 / 2019-08-26 14:05:26 / August 26, 2019 @ 2:05 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us70005892. Unique identifier: us70005892. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.0255 West, latitude 51.1567 North, depth = 26.19 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 13 km SSE of Amatignak Island, Alaska.
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