A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 249 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (155 miles). The temblor was reported at 01:28:13 / 1:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -149.4208° West, 56.2454° North, depth 15.54 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/01/18 / 2018-01-23 11:28:13 / January 23, 2018 @ 11:28 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.54 km (10 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cn17. Unique identifier: us2000cn17.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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