A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 110 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (68 miles). Unique identifier: us7000492u. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000492u, ak0198gdmarg. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -144.677 West, latitude 69.2091 North, depth = 5 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/07/19 / 2019-07-03 04:58:55 / July 3, 2019 @ 4:58 am. The temblor was picked up at 19:58:55 / 7:58 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 110 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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