A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 103 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska (64 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/11/16 / 2016-11-14 02:13:34 / November 14, 2016 @ 2:13 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.15 km (14 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:13:34 / 2:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 178.7987° East, latitude 51.0381° North, depth = 23.15 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak14362046, us1000796d. Unique identifier: us1000796d.
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 twenty-three, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 103 km SSE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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