A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 47 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska (29 miles). Exact location of event, depth 43.02 km, -160.739° West, 54.9333° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.02 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:24:39 / 1:24 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/07/20 / 2020-07-24 13:24:39 / July 24, 2020 @ 1:24 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000b3e9. Unique identifier: us6000b3e9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days fourty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 47 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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