A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 283 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (176 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/01/18 / 2018-01-23 13:09:06 / January 23, 2018 @ 1:09 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000cn2i. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000cn2i. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -148.6328° West, latitude 56.2874° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 03:09:06 / 3:09 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 283 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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