A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 77 km S of Atka, Alaska (48 miles) on Friday. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:08:49 / 7:08 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003gle. Id of event: us20003gle. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30.88 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -174.2625 West, latitude 51.5021 North, depth = 30.88 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/09/15 / 2015-09-05 07:08:49 / September 5, 2015 @ 7:08 am UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 77 km S of Atka, Alaska.
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