A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 66 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (41 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Kaktovik in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:22:40 / 10:22 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak20106116. Ids that are associated to the event: at00pdjltu, ak20106116. Exact location, longitude -144.2021° West, latitude 69.5686° North, depth = 0 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/08/18 / 2018-08-16 07:22:40 / August 16, 2018 @ 7:22 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 0 km (0 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and fourty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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