A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 273 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (170 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:04:53 / 2:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -148.5047° West, latitude 56.5755° North, depth = 12.5 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/01/18 / 2018-01-24 00:04:53 / January 24, 2018 @ 12:04 am. Unique identifier: ak18191591. Ids that are associated to the event: at00p319k2, ak18191591, us2000cnh7. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.5 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kodiak in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-four, in the last 10 days seventy-four, in the past 30 days seventy-four and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 273 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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