A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 65 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (40 miles) on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.3 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/01/19 / 2019-01-14 18:49:20 / January 14, 2019 @ 6:49 pm. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kaktovik in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: ak019ngj7hy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00plc4aa, ak019ngj7hy. Exact location of earthquake, -145.01° West, 69.7823° North, depth 1.3 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:49:20 / 9:49 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days six hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 65 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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