A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 108 km NNE of Arctic Village, Alaska (67 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:51:40 / 9:51 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ak019ezpqow. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak019ezpqow, us2000j1n4. Exact location of event, longitude -144.595 West, latitude 69.1995 North, depth = 14.7 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14.7 km (9 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/01/19 / 2019-01-09 06:51:40 / January 9, 2019 @ 6:51 am UTC/GMT.
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 six, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days six hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 108 km NNE of Arctic Village, Alaska.
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