A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 52 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (32 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, -178.345° West, 51.434° North, depth 25 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak019ewkjfi. Unique identifier: ak019ewkjfi. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/01/19 / 2019-01-09 01:23:22 / January 9, 2019 @ 1:23 am. The temblor was detected at 15:23:22 / 3:23 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 52 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.
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