A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 283 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (176 miles) on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 02:05:07 / 2:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -148.6786 West, latitude 56.2548 North, depth = 20.38 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak19582534, us1000e6b7. Unique identifier: us1000e6b7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.38 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/05/18 / 2018-05-16 12:05:07 / May 16, 2018 @ 12:05 pm.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fifty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and four and in the last 365 days three thousand, four hundred and fifty-four 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.
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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 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: 283 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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