A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 113 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska (70 miles). The temblor was detected at 12:52:59 / 12:52 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.57 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -158.4545° West, latitude 54.9667° North, depth = 20.57 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Perryville in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/08/20 / 2020-08-08 12:52:59 / August 8, 2020 @ 12:52 pm. Unique identifier: us6000bb42. Ids that are associated to the event: at00qeqx49, us6000bb42.
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 two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days ninety-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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