A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 65 km W of Amatignak Island, Alaska (40 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/01/20 / 2020-01-26 04:31:58 / January 26, 2020 @ 4:31 am. The temblor was picked up at 16:31:58 / 4:31 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70007jws. Id of event: us70007jws. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 179.946° East, 51.2547° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifty-nine 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. Every 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 65 km W of Amatignak Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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