A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 41 km WSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (25 miles). The temblor was picked up at 05:03:29 / 5:03 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 98.4 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 98.4 km, -178.7354° West, 51.8057° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/12/17 / 2017-12-19 15:03:29 / December 19, 2017 @ 3:03 pm. Unique identifier: ak17615551. Ids that are associated to the event: ak17615551.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days seven hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 41 km WSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.
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