A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 263 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (163 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 20.05 km, -148.7727° West, 56.4868° North. The temblor was reported at 22:19:31 / 10:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/01/18 / 2018-01-27 08:19:31 / January 27, 2018 @ 8:19 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.05 km (12 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000cqaw. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000cqaw.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 263 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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