A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 126 km SSE of Kodiak Station, Alaska (78 miles) on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 13:01:04 / 1:01 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.5 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: ak019gbhhe6w. Event ids that are associated: ak019gbhhe6w. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/12/19 / 2019-12-21 23:01:04 / December 21, 2019 @ 11:01 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -152.1518 West, latitude 56.6535 North, depth = 3.5 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 126 km SSE of Kodiak Station, Alaska.
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