A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Nikiski in Alaska. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 18:11:03 / September 24, 2019 @ 6:11 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -151.8864 West, latitude 60.7102 North, depth = 170 km. The temblor was detected at 09:11:03 / 9:11 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: ak019c9v9wt9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak019c9v9wt9. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 170 km (106 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sterling, Kalifornsky, Kenai (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 32 km W of Nikiski, Alaska.
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