A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 99 km SSE of Adak, Alaska (62 miles). The temblor was detected at 18:15:11 / 6:15 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/10/24 / 2024-10-05 18:15:11 / October 5, 2024 @ 6:15 pm. Unique identifier: us6000nwrc. Ids that are associated to the event: ak024ctpqvcm, us6000nwrc. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -176.1101 West, latitude 51.0399 North, depth = 35 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 five, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 99 km SSE of Adak, Alaska.
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