A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 55 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (34 miles). 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, depth 20 km, -144.061° West, 69.659° North. The temblor was reported at 13:35:09 / 1:35 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: at00pn1iql. Unique identifier: at00pn1iql. The epicenter was at a depth of 20 km (12 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/02/19 / 2019-02-16 22:35:09 / February 16, 2019 @ 10:35 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days six hundred and fifty-nine 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 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. 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: 55 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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