A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 252 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (157 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/01/18 / 2018-01-23 15:43:12 / January 23, 2018 @ 3:43 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.1 km (9 miles). The temblor was detected at 05:43:12 / 5:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -149.8655 West, latitude 55.994 North, depth = 15.1 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: ak18181760. Ids that are associated to the event: ak18181760.
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 has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 252 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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