A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 287 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska (178 miles) on Sunday. Id of earthquake: ak020lncgdk. Event ids that are associated: ak020lncgdk. Exact location, longitude -149.1991° West, latitude 55.9008° North, depth = 11.6 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.6 km (7 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/01/20 / 2020-01-13 09:00:24 / January 13, 2020 @ 9:00 am. The temblor was reported at 23:00:24 / 11:00 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 287 km SE of Kodiak, Alaska.
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