A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 92 km SW of Atka, Alaska (57 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 41.34 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:02:00 / 4:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -175.2266 West, latitude 51.6644 North, depth = 41.34 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/01/20 / 2020-01-20 16:02:00 / January 20, 2020 @ 4:02 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak020xca7mq, us60007bdi. Id of event: us60007bdi.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 92 km SW of Atka, Alaska.
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