A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 80 km S of Kaktovik, Alaska (50 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -144.0911° West, 69.5397° North, depth 7.3 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.3 km (5 miles). Global time and date of event 20/04/20 / 2020-04-20 21:02:12 / April 20, 2020 @ 9:02 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: ak02053x632f, us700090pj. Unique identifier: ak02053x632f. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:02:12 / 12:02 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 80 km S of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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