A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 71 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (44 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kaktovik in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:37:09 / 2:37 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/09/18 / 2018-09-10 23:37:09 / September 10, 2018 @ 11:37 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -144.3873 West, latitude 69.5452 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us2000hc82. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00pev5m0, us2000hc82.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days four hundred and eighty-eight and in the last 365 days four 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 71 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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