A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 65 km SW of Amatignak Island, Alaska (40 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.8729 West, latitude 50.9267 North, depth = 39.97 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.97 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us60007gbw. Unique identifier: us60007gbw. The temblor was detected at 20:41:14 / 8:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/01/20 / 2020-01-26 08:41:14 / January 26, 2020 @ 8:41 am.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 65 km SW of Amatignak Island, Alaska.
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