A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 63 km E of Nikolski, Alaska (39 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/12/15 / 2015-12-14 21:12:02 / December 14, 2015 @ 9:12 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -167.9227° West, 52.9163° North, depth 43.05 km. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:12:02 / 10:12 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us20004h58. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004h58. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.05 km (27 miles).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-three 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 63 km E of Nikolski, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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