A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 243 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (151 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.3 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.0041 West, latitude 56.0409 North, depth = 6.3 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/01/18 / 2018-01-24 00:02:09 / January 24, 2018 @ 12:02 am UTC/GMT. Event id: ak18191576. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak18191576. The temblor was picked up at 14:02:09 / 2:02 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-one, in the last 10 days eighty-one, in the past 30 days eighty-one and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 243 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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