A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 41 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska (25 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 90.3 km (56 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -160.0563 West, latitude 55.6081 North, depth = 90.3 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 17:28:33 / 5:28 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006wqi. Id of event: us70006wqi. Global time and date of event 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 02:28:33 / January 9, 2020 @ 2:28 am UTC/GMT.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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