A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 92 km WSW of Chernabura Island, Alaska (57 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/07/18 / 2018-07-19 14:16:28 / July 19, 2018 @ 2:16 pm. Unique identifier: at00pc4abg. Ids that are associated to the event: at00pc4abg. A tsunami warning has been issued near Chernabura Island in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 84 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 03:16:28 / 3:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 84 km, -160.804° West, 54.376° North.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 92 km WSW of Chernabura Island, Alaska.
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