A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 251 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (156 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cn62. Unique identifier: us2000cn62. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/01/18 / 2018-01-23 17:17:20 / January 23, 2018 @ 5:17 pm. The temblor was picked up at 07:17:20 / 7:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -150.1295° West, latitude 55.909° North, depth = 10 km.
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-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 251 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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