A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 99 km S of Atka, Alaska (62 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/09/15 / 2015-09-05 07:00:03 / September 5, 2015 @ 7:00 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Atka in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: at00nu6zg3. Unique identifier: at00nu6zg3. Exact location, longitude -174.352° West, latitude 51.303° North, depth = 32 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:00:03 / 7:00 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 32 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 99 km S of Atka, Alaska.
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