A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 58 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (36 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/08/18 / 2018-08-22 21:09:35 / August 22, 2018 @ 9:09 pm. Id of earthquake: ak20151032. Event ids that are associated: ak20151032. Exact location of event, longitude -144.3426 West, latitude 69.6646 North, depth = 4.6 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 12:09:35 / 12:09 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.6 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days three hundred, in the past 30 days three hundred and eighty and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 58 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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