A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 61 km SSW of Chignik Lake, Alaska (38 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -158.9632 West, latitude 55.7104 North, depth = 57.37 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Chignik Lake in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 57.37 km (36 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/10/18 / 2018-10-10 06:27:57 / October 10, 2018 @ 6:27 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00pgddyl, us1000h9ts, ak20275238. Id of event: us1000h9ts. The temblor was reported at 21:27:57 / 9:27 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 61 km SSW of Chignik Lake, Alaska.
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