A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska (73 miles) on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:38:47 / 3:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 38.34 km, -174.9772° West, 51.2485° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us70007ph1. Unique identifier: us70007ph1. Global time and date of event 13/02/20 / 2020-02-13 15:38:47 / February 13, 2020 @ 3:38 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.34 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 118 km SSW of Atka, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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