A earthquake with magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) was reported 57 km W of Amatignak Island, Alaska (35 miles) on Saturday. Global time and date of event 26/01/20 / 2020-01-26 06:31:57 / January 26, 2020 @ 6:31 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00q4pbh7, us60007g8m. Id of event: us60007g8m. The epicenter was at a depth of 27.06 km (17 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Amatignak Island in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.9173 West, latitude 51.3457 North, depth = 27.06 km. The 6.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:31:57 / 6:31 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 57 km W of Amatignak Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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