A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 48 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska (30 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42.74 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:14:37 / 9:14 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000b57l. Id of event: us6000b57l. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/07/20 / 2020-07-28 09:14:37 / July 28, 2020 @ 9:14 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -160.2739° West, latitude 54.9196° North, depth = 42.74 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eighty-two, in the past 30 days eighty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 48 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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