A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 91 km SSW of Adak, Alaska (57 miles). The temblor was detected at 06:56:23 / 6:56 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.85 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/12/24 / 2024-12-13 06:56:23 / December 13, 2024 @ 6:56 am. Exact location of event, depth 40.85 km, -177.0888° West, 51.1056° North. Id of earthquake: us7000nycy. Event ids that are associated: us7000nycy, ak024fzmxf3w. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eighty-one, in the past 30 days eighty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 91 km SSW of Adak, Alaska.
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