A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (0 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.32 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 24/09/20 / 2020-09-24 19:23:20 / September 24, 2020 @ 7:23 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 19:23:20 / 7:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 177.8437° East, latitude 51.4832° North, depth = 59.32 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak020cbjh7sk, us6000c0rt. Unique identifier: us6000c0rt.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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