A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes Gulf of Alaska (0 miles) on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cn4b. Unique identifier: us2000cn4b. The temblor was reported at 05:38:16 / 5:38 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/01/18 / 2018-01-23 15:38:16 / January 23, 2018 @ 3:38 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -149.1701 West, latitude 55.6706 North, depth = 7.01 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.01 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-seven, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: Gulf of Alaska.
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