A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 83 km ESE of Amatignak Island, Alaska (52 miles). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -178.097° West, 50.8579° North. The temblor was reported at 03:05:56 / 3:05 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: at00q3folw. Unique identifier: at00q3folw. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/01/20 / 2020-01-01 15:05:56 / January 1, 2020 @ 3:05 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Amatignak Island in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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