A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 248 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (154 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 01:34:19 / 1:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 23.83 km, -149.3139° West, 56.327° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/01/18 / 2018-01-23 11:34:19 / January 23, 2018 @ 11:34 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cn1c. Unique identifier: us2000cn1c. The epicenter was at a depth of 23.83 km (15 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 248 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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