A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 254 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska (158 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/10/18 / 2018-10-19 17:58:27 / October 19, 2018 @ 5:58 pm. Exact location, longitude -148.8504° West, latitude 56.5702° North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20287576, us1000hemf. Id of event: us1000hemf. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:58:27 / 7:58 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days sixty-two and in the last 365 days three thousand, eight hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 254 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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