A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 13 km ESE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (8 miles). The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:57:31 / 7:57 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ak020124ofom. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: av62127161, ak020124ofom. Exact location, longitude -177.9479° West, latitude 51.8381° North, depth = 5.9 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/01/20 / 2020-01-23 05:57:31 / January 23, 2020 @ 5:57 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.9 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-four, in the last 10 days fifty-six, in the past 30 days sixty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 13 km ESE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.
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