A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 266 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (165 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/09/19 / 2019-09-29 16:45:00 / September 29, 2019 @ 4:45 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 21.33 km (13 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70005nj3. Ids that are associated to the event: ak019ci3yvrl, us70005nj3. The temblor was picked up at 06:45:00 / 6:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -148.8873 West, latitude 56.3545 North, depth = 21.33 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-nine 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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