A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 54 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (34 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Kaktovik in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: ak20106048. Ids that are associated to the event: at00pdjji9, ak20106048. The temblor was detected at 21:32:31 / 9:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -144.2375° West, latitude 69.6946° North, depth = 10.6 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/08/18 / 2018-08-16 06:32:31 / August 16, 2018 @ 6:32 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.6 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days two hundred and fourty, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. 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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