A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, Gulf of Alaska (0 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000cpn2. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000cpn2. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.96 km (5 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.252 West, latitude 55.6598 North, depth = 7.96 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:18:17 / 8:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/01/18 / 2018-01-26 06:18:17 / January 26, 2018 @ 6:18 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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