A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 74 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska (46 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak0198gdhuwa. Unique identifier: ak0198gdhuwa. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:38:19 / 7:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -144.7637° West, 69.588° North, depth 7.1 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/07/19 / 2019-07-03 04:38:19 / July 3, 2019 @ 4:38 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.1 km (4 miles).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seven hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 74 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska.
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