A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 17 km E of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (11 miles). Global time and date of event 23/01/20 / 2020-01-23 11:01:20 / January 23, 2020 @ 11:01 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us60007ds3. Event ids that are associated: us60007ds3. The temblor was reported at 01:01:20 / 1:01 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.31 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -177.8903° West, 51.8914° North, depth 10.31 km.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-four 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 17 km E of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.
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