A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 79 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (49 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us60006pta. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006pta. The temblor was reported at 06:35:22 / 6:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 178.9498 East, latitude 51.2947 North, depth = 63.06 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63.06 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/12/19 / 2019-12-10 16:35:22 / December 10, 2019 @ 4:35 pm.
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 two and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 79 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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