A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 93 km SW of Atka, Alaska (58 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 49.62 km (31 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -175.2951 West, latitude 51.7033 North, depth = 49.62 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:13:35 / 2:13 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us700071nr. Ids that are associated to the event: us700071nr. Global time and date of event 17/01/20 / 2020-01-17 14:13:35 / January 17, 2020 @ 2:13 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 93 km SW of Atka, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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