A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 81 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (50 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/12/18 / 2018-12-18 02:31:42 / December 18, 2018 @ 2:31 am. Event id: ak20521818. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00pjwv0y, ak20521818, us2000iuly. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.1 km (0 miles). Exact location of event, depth 0.1 km, -144.9878° West, 69.798° North. The temblor was picked up at 17:31:42 / 5:31 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).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days six hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 81 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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