A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 153 km NNW of Haines Junction, Canada (95 miles). The temblor was picked up at 23:23:06 / 11:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -138.7725 West, latitude 61.9845 North, depth = 10 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 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us70007lfh. Ids that are associated to the event: us70007lfh. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/02/20 / 2020-02-08 07:23:06 / February 8, 2020 @ 7:23 am.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 153 km NNW of Haines Junction, Canada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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