A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 2 km SW of Amatignak Island, Alaska (1 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.31 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 57.31 km, -179.1288° West, 51.2436° North. The temblor was picked up at 08:50:29 / 8:50 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70006ci2. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006ci2. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/11/19 / 2019-11-24 18:50:29 / November 24, 2019 @ 6:50 pm UTC/GMT.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-eight 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: 2 km SW of Amatignak Island, Alaska.
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