A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 120 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska (75 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.2 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 13.2 km, -158.3389° West, 54.9331° North. All ids that are associated to the event: ak0209dlkl0m. Unique identifier: ak0209dlkl0m. The temblor was detected at 13:33:38 / 1:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/07/20 / 2020-07-22 13:33:38 / July 22, 2020 @ 1:33 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days sixty-five 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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 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: 120 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska.
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