A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 69 km E of Amatignak Island, Alaska (43 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/12/19 / 2019-12-02 06:41:02 / December 2, 2019 @ 6:41 am. The temblor was picked up at 18:41:02 / 6:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -178.1086 West, latitude 51.2368 North, depth = 35 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak019ffsdzxa, us70006f79. Unique identifier: us70006f79.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 69 km E of Amatignak Island, Alaska.
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