A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 80 km S of Kaktovik, Alaska (50 miles) on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -143.8576° West, 69.4146° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us700090pj, ak02053x632f. Unique identifier: us700090pj. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 20/04/20 / 2020-04-20 21:02:15 / April 20, 2020 @ 9:02 pm UTC/GMT. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:02:15 / 12:02 pm (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days eighty 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: 80 km S of Kaktovik, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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