A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska (70 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -159.7282 West, latitude 54.4271 North, depth = 32.93 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000c8nb. Unique identifier: us7000c8nb. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/10/20 / 2020-10-31 17:01:18 / October 31, 2020 @ 5:01 pm. The temblor was picked up at 17:01:18 / 5:01 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.93 km (20 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days ninety-two, in the past 30 days four hundred and fourteen and in the last 365 days seven hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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