A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 37 km S of Adak, Alaska (23 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -176.7526 West, latitude 51.5507 North, depth = 51.23 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.23 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us20002ycy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11649874, us20002ycy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 04:20:28 / 4:20 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 13:20:28 / July 18, 2015 @ 1:20 pm UTC/GMT.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 37 km S of Adak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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