A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 114 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska (71 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: at00ns9bcb. Unique identifier: at00ns9bcb. The epicenter was at a depth of 22 km (14 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/07/15 / 2015-07-29 16:04:59 / July 29, 2015 @ 4:04 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -169.335 West, latitude 51.953 North, depth = 22 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:04:59 / 5:04 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Nikolski in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fourty-four, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 114 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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