A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 65 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (40 miles) on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/10/18 / 2018-10-09 07:11:20 / October 9, 2018 @ 7:11 am. The temblor was detected at 22:11:20 / 10:11 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Kaktovik in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20274320, at00pgblaz. Id of event: ak20274320. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -144.9346 West, latitude 69.7513 North, depth = 3.1 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.1 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 65 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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