A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 46 km WSW of Attu Station, Alaska (29 miles). Global time and date of event 04/07/15 / 2015-07-04 09:56:40 / July 4, 2015 @ 9:56 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 172.546 East, latitude 52.686 North, depth = 7 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Attu Station in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:56:40 / 12:56 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: at00nqyjmg. Event ids that are associated: at00nqyjmg.
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 46 km WSW of Attu Station, Alaska.
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