A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 65 km SSW of Adak, Alaska (40 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 13:08:40 / 1:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -177.0247 West, latitude 51.3378 North, depth = 35 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/10/24 / 2024-10-03 13:08:40 / October 3, 2024 @ 1:08 pm. Unique identifier: us6000nw9t. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nw9t.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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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: 65 km SSW of Adak, Alaska.
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