A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 270 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (168 miles) on Tuesday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:41:17 / 10:41 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/01/18 / 2018-01-23 20:41:17 / January 23, 2018 @ 8:41 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cncp, ak18188863. Unique identifier: us2000cncp. The epicenter was at a depth of 21.25 km (13 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -148.8478 West, latitude 56.3284 North, depth = 21.25 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-five, in the last 10 days one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-five, in the past 30 days one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-five and in the last 365 days one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 270 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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