A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 118 km SSW of Adak, Alaska (73 miles). Event id: us7000p0c8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p0c8. Global time and date of event 08/12/24 / 2024-12-08 23:36:12 / December 8, 2024 @ 11:36 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:36:12 / 11:36 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.2228 West, latitude 50.8762 North, depth = 10 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventy-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 118 km SSW of Adak, Alaska.
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