A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 249 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (155 miles) on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/01/18 / 2018-01-24 21:58:55 / January 24, 2018 @ 9:58 pm. The temblor was detected at 11:58:55 / 11:58 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.59 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us2000cp1a. Event ids that are associated: at00p32ye9, ak18193113, us2000cp1a. Exact location of event, longitude -149.9082 West, latitude 56.0141 North, depth = 19.59 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kodiak in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one thousand and twenty-nine, in the last 10 days one thousand, two hundred and fourty, in the past 30 days one thousand, two hundred and fourty and in the last 365 days one thousand, two hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 249 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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