A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 287 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (178 miles). The temblor was reported at 06:58:08 / 6:58 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/01/18 / 2018-01-23 16:58:08 / January 23, 2018 @ 4:58 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: ak18183157. Ids that are associated to the event: ak18183157. Exact location of event, longitude -148.5575 West, latitude 56.2785 North, depth = 12 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-three, in the last 10 days fourty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 287 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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