A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, Pacific-Antarctic Ridge (0 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:45:42 / 3:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -133.3362 West, latitude -52.9077 South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007dsj. Unique identifier: us10007dsj. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/11/16 / 2016-11-22 00:45:42 / November 22, 2016 @ 12:45 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. 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: Pacific-Antarctic Ridge.
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