A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported Gulf of Alaska (0 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -148.3157° West, 56.2621° North, depth 19.14 km. The temblor was detected at 03:42:05 / 3:42 am (local time epicenter). 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 19.14 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 24/01/18 / 2018-01-24 13:42:05 / January 24, 2018 @ 1:42 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000cnqn. Event ids that are associated: us2000cnqn.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-eight, in the last 10 days ninety-seven, in the past 30 days ninety-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each 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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