A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 40 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (25 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.8 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ak17091357. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak17091357. Global time and date of event 21/10/17 / 2017-10-21 12:19:28 / October 21, 2017 @ 12:19 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.4012 West, latitude 51.5593 North, depth = 4.8 km. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:19:28 / 2:19 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days seven hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 40 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.
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