Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Amatignak Island in Alaska

Earthquake location 51.003S, -179.7953WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 56 km WSW of Amatignak Island, Alaska (35 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.84 km (30 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/01/20 / 2020-01-22 06:07:21 / January 22, 2020 @ 6:07 am. The temblor was picked up at 18:07:21 / 6:07 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us60007cmf. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007cmf. Exact location, longitude -179.7953° West, latitude 51.003° North, depth = 47.84 km.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 56 km WSW of Amatignak Island, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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