A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was reported 105 kilometers (65 miles) from Kodiak Station in Alaska on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -152.5278 West, latitude 56.8224 North, depth = 14.5 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14.5 km (9 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:36:30 / 4:36 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 11/05/17 / 2017-05-11 14:36:30 / May 11, 2017 @ 2:36 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ak16019482. Ids that are associated to the event: at00opslwv, ak16019482. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kodiak Station in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kodiak. Epicenter of the event was 108 km (67 miles) from Kodiak (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen 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. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 105 km S of Kodiak Station, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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