A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 54 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (34 miles) on Monday. Event id: us1000g8j0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g8j0, ak20102030. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/08/18 / 2018-08-13 23:53:11 / August 13, 2018 @ 11:53 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -144.1384° West, 69.6781° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 14:53:11 / 2:53 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eleven, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 54 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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