A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 121 km S of Kodiak Station, Alaska (75 miles). Global time and date of event 21/12/19 / 2019-12-21 22:52:33 / December 21, 2019 @ 10:52 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10.6 km, -151.7053° West, 55.8118° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006plt, ak019gbh6ygv. Id of event: ak019gbh6ygv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.6 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 12:52:33 / 12:52 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days sixty-seven 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 121 km S of Kodiak Station, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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