A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 69 km SSE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (43 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak18509637, us2000dc3g. Unique identifier: us2000dc3g. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:54:32 / 8:54 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.47 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/02/18 / 2018-02-24 08:54:32 / February 24, 2018 @ 8:54 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.926 West, latitude 51.27 North, depth = 38.47 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days eight hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 69 km SSE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.
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