A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 111 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (69 miles) on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/05/24 / 2024-05-02 07:06:25 / May 2, 2024 @ 7:06 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Nikolski in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000mvmm. Ids that are associated to the event: at00scujr0, us6000mvmm, ak0245njb2qq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.901 km (8 miles). The temblor was reported at 07:06:25 / 7:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -169.3393 West, latitude 51.9797 North, depth = 12.901 km.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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 thirty-four, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 111 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska.
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