A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 66 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (41 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 07:44:45 / 7:44 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/01/19 / 2019-01-15 16:44:45 / January 15, 2019 @ 4:44 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kaktovik in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -144.1702 West, latitude 69.5134 North, depth = 20.9 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.9 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: ak019p2unz7. Ids that are associated to the event: at00pldt6l, ak019p2unz7, us2000j446.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days six hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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