A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 235 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (146 miles). The temblor was picked up at 19:34:31 / 7:34 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/01/18 / 2018-01-28 05:34:31 / January 28, 2018 @ 5:34 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cqk0. Id of event: us2000cqk0. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.4 km (13 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -149.4568 West, latitude 56.4158 North, depth = 20.4 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-four, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 235 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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