A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 262 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (163 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.12 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/02/18 / 2018-02-22 08:12:21 / February 22, 2018 @ 8:12 am. Exact location of event, longitude -148.5768 West, latitude 56.6779 North, depth = 17.12 km. Id of earthquake: us2000d6ah. Event ids that are associated: us2000d6ah. The temblor was detected at 22:12:21 / 10:12 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seventy-one, in the past 30 days one thousand, four hundred and seventy-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, four hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 262 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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