A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 41 km NNE of Atka, Alaska (25 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 22:27:55 / 10:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -173.9853° West, latitude 52.5472° North, depth = 27.81 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us200041a2. Unique identifier: us200041a2. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.81 km (17 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/11/15 / 2015-11-02 08:27:55 / November 2, 2015 @ 8:27 am UTC/GMT.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 41 km NNE of Atka, Alaska.
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