A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 290 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (180 miles). Exact location, longitude -148.344° West, latitude 56.404° North, depth = 12 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kodiak in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/02/18 / 2018-02-06 15:16:25 / February 6, 2018 @ 3:16 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00p3qifd. Id of event: at00p3qifd. The temblor was reported at 05:16:25 / 5:16 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-five, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fifty-one and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 290 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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