A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 107 km NE of Atka, Alaska (66 miles) on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006ykk. Id of event: us70006ykk. Exact location of event, depth 228.75 km, -173.1013° West, 52.8922° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 228.75 km (142 miles). Global time and date of event 12/01/20 / 2020-01-12 00:50:01 / January 12, 2020 @ 12:50 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:50:01 / 12:50 pm (local time epicenter).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 107 km NE of Atka, Alaska.
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