A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 67 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska (42 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us60007msj. Unique identifier: us60007msj. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 156.02 km (97 miles). Exact location, longitude -156.0041° West, latitude 58.1943° North, depth = 156.02 km. Global time and date of event 02/02/20 / 2020-02-02 14:57:52 / February 2, 2020 @ 2:57 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:57:52 / 5:57 am (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 three and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 67 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska.
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