A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 86 km S of Perryville, Alaska (53 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -159.1779° West, 55.1385° North, depth 38.04 km. Unique identifier: us6000b2cy. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000b2cy. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.04 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:35:11 / 12:35 am (local time epicenter). 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: 23/07/20 / 2020-07-23 00:35:11 / July 23, 2020 @ 12:35 am.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-eight, in the last 10 days fourty-eight, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 86 km S of Perryville, Alaska.
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