A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 110 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (68 miles) on Tuesday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:58:58 / 7:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/07/19 / 2019-07-03 04:58:58 / July 3, 2019 @ 4:58 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 21.2 km (13 miles). Unique identifier: ak0198gdmarg. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0198gdmarg, us7000492u. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -144.6943° West, 69.0995° North, depth 21.2 km.
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 seven, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 110 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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