A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 240 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (149 miles) on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: ak18191714, us2000cnif. Unique identifier: ak18191714. The epicenter was at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/01/18 / 2018-01-24 00:54:12 / January 24, 2018 @ 12:54 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.1217 West, latitude 55.7928 North, depth = 12 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:54:12 / 2:54 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven hundred and fifteen, in the last 10 days seven hundred and fifteen, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days seven hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 240 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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