A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 94 km WSW of Chernabura Island, Alaska (58 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Chernabura Island in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00pc7i5v, ak19929019, us2000gaii. Id of event: us2000gaii. The temblor was reported at 20:58:39 / 8:58 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/07/18 / 2018-07-21 07:58:39 / July 21, 2018 @ 7:58 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 9.9 km, -160.894° West, 54.4325° North.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 94 km WSW of Chernabura Island, Alaska.
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