A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 245 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (152 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.7053 West, latitude 55.9489 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 01:25:58 / 1:25 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/01/18 / 2018-01-27 11:25:58 / January 27, 2018 @ 11:25 am. Unique identifier: ak18207708. Ids that are associated to the event: ak18207708, us2000cqbw.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-seven, in the last 10 days two hundred and eleven, in the past 30 days two hundred and eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 245 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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