A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 162 km S of Kodiak Station, Alaska (101 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The temblor was picked up at 12:52:36 / 12:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -152.1144 West, latitude 56.3301 North, depth = 5 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 21/12/19 / 2019-12-21 22:52:36 / December 21, 2019 @ 10:52 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: ak019gbh6yuk. Unique identifier: ak019gbh6yuk.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 162 km S of Kodiak Station, Alaska.
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