A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 48 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (30 miles) on Monday. The temblor was reported at 14:24:05 / 2:24 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10008v0d. Ids that are associated to the event: ak15998914, us10008v0d. Global time and date of event 09/05/17 / 2017-05-09 00:24:05 / May 9, 2017 @ 12:24 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.466 West, latitude 51.5008 North, depth = 7.94 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.94 km (5 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four hundred and eighteen, in the last 10 days five hundred and five, in the past 30 days five hundred and ten and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty-five 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: 48 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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