A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 53 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska (33 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.7 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 03:40:58 / 3:40 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 18/09/18 / 2018-09-18 12:40:58 / September 18, 2018 @ 12:40 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kaktovik in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: ak20257361. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak20257361, at00pf94kc. Exact location, longitude -144.1997° West, latitude 69.6989° North, depth = 12.7 km.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and three 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 53 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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