Significant magnitude 5.0 earthquake 39 miles southeast of Sand Point, Alaska, United States
5.0 quake 26 Oct 1:30 am (GMT -8)

An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 occurred early morning on Wednesday, October 26th, 2022, at 1:30 am local time near Sand Point, Aleutians East, Alaska, USA, as reported by the United States Geological Survey.
According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a shallow depth of 11 miles. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), which listed it as a magnitude 5.1 earthquake. A third agency, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, reported the same quake at magnitude 5.0.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Sand Point (pop. 1,100) located 39 miles from the epicenter.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Oct 26, 2022 1:30 am (GMT -8) local time (26 Oct 2022 09:30 GMT)
Magnitude: 5.0
Depth: 18.0 km
Epicenterlatitude / longitude: 54.82°N / 160.1°W (Gulf of Alaska, Alaska, United States)
Primary data source: USGS
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