A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was reported 13 km ESE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (8 miles) on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 03:32:40 / 3:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -177.9475° West, 51.8503° North, depth 10 km. Event id: us60007ltn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: av62131266, us60007ltn. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/01/20 / 2020-01-31 13:32:40 / January 31, 2020 @ 1:32 pm.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seventy-three, in the past 30 days seventy-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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