A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 57 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (35 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/02/19 / 2019-02-16 22:35:08 / February 16, 2019 @ 10:35 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: ak019263kdhw. Ids that are associated to the event: at00pn1iql, ak019263kdhw, us2000jiz7. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:35:08 / 1:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -144.1283° West, latitude 69.5346° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kaktovik in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days six hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 57 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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