A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 62 km W of Amatignak Island, Alaska (39 miles). Exact location, longitude -179.9887° West, latitude 51.1719° North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/01/20 / 2020-01-26 23:05:08 / January 26, 2020 @ 11:05 pm. Unique identifier: us70007jy4. Ids that are associated to the event: us70007jy4. The temblor was reported at 11:05:08 / 11:05 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-four, in the last 10 days fifty-eight, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-six 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 62 km W of Amatignak Island, Alaska.
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