A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 58 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (36 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.6 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/09/18 / 2018-09-19 22:12:43 / September 19, 2018 @ 10:12 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:12:43 / 1:12 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ak20258796. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20258796. Exact location of event, longitude -144.2046 West, latitude 69.6495 North, depth = 0.6 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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