A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 74 km SSE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (46 miles) on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/07/18 / 2018-07-13 01:00:14 / July 13, 2018 @ 1:00 am. Unique identifier: ak19860726. Ids that are associated to the event: ak19860726. Exact location of earthquake, -177.6852° West, 51.2792° North, depth 22 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:00:14 / 1:00 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 22 km (14 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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