A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 82 km SSE of Atka, Alaska (51 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -173.9097 West, latitude 51.4766 North, depth = 26.5 km. Id of earthquake: us10002ngp. Event ids that are associated: us10002ngp. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 26.5 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/07/15 / 2015-07-04 23:35:53 / July 4, 2015 @ 11:35 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 11:35:53 / 11:35 am (local time epicenter).
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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days one hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 82 km SSE of Atka, Alaska.
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