A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 68 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (42 miles). Exact location of event, depth 1 km, -144.677° West, 69.641° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 1 km (1 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Kaktovik in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: at00q3j8uw. Unique identifier: at00q3j8uw. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:16:08 / 4:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/01/20 / 2020-01-03 13:16:08 / January 3, 2020 @ 1:16 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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