A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 66 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska (41 miles) on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude -160.0982 West, latitude 54.7817 North, depth = 35 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000c9mv. Unique identifier: us6000c9mv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:17:52 / 10:17 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/10/20 / 2020-10-19 22:17:52 / October 19, 2020 @ 10:17 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-four 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 66 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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