A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 298 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (185 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 09:05:03 / 9:05 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/01/18 / 2018-01-29 19:05:03 / January 29, 2018 @ 7:05 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18232655, us2000cr37. Id of event: us2000cr37. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.15 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -149.3768° West, 55.6911° North, depth 6.15 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days four hundred and eighteen, in the past 30 days four hundred and eighteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-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.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 298 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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