A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 92 km SSE of Atka, Alaska (57 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.98 km (11 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/03/16 / 2016-03-12 13:23:39 / March 12, 2016 @ 1:23 pm. The temblor was picked up at 01:23:39 / 1:23 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Atka in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -173.8826 West, latitude 51.3888 North, depth = 17.98 km. Unique identifier: us10004x0f. Ids that are associated to the event: at00o3xh7g, us10004x0f, ak12969021.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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