A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, Gulf of Alaska (0 miles). 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 10.94 km (7 miles). The temblor was reported at 09:01:11 / 9:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/01/18 / 2018-01-30 19:01:11 / January 30, 2018 @ 7:01 pm. Exact location, longitude -149.1374° West, latitude 55.6861° North, depth = 10.94 km. Event id: us2000crfi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000crfi.
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days four hundred and twenty-one, in the past 30 days four hundred and twenty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. 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: Gulf of Alaska.
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