A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 62 km SW of Amatignak Island, Alaska (39 miles) on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, -179.8212° West, 50.9197° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 10:31:53 / 10:31 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us70007k26. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak020190srl3, us70007k26. Global time and date of event 27/01/20 / 2020-01-27 22:31:53 / January 27, 2020 @ 10:31 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days sixty, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 62 km SW of Amatignak Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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