A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported Pacific-Antarctic Ridge (0 miles) on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/02/17 / 2017-02-06 13:23:55 / February 6, 2017 @ 1:23 pm. Event id: us20008ki4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008ki4. Exact location of event, longitude -150.4258 West, latitude -56.9535 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 03:23:55 / 3:23 am (local time epicenter).
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 four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days nine 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Pacific-Antarctic Ridge. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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