A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 57 km WSW of Amatignak Island, Alaska (35 miles) on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/01/20 / 2020-01-26 09:12:09 / January 26, 2020 @ 9:12 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00q4piw9. Id of event: at00q4piw9. Exact location of event, longitude -179.814 West, latitude 50.997 North, depth = 42 km. The temblor was detected at 21:12:09 / 9:12 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Amatignak Island in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 42 km (26 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five 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. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 57 km WSW of Amatignak Island, Alaska.
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