A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 248 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (154 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -149.2917° West, 56.4233° North, depth 5.5 km. The temblor was detected at 01:34:22 / 1:34 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.5 km (3 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cn1c, ak18176217. Id of event: ak18176217. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/01/18 / 2018-01-23 11:34:22 / January 23, 2018 @ 11:34 am.
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 fourty-five, in the last 10 days fourty-five, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 248 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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