A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 30 km ESE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (19 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/01/20 / 2020-01-23 06:05:38 / January 23, 2020 @ 6:05 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.7337 West, latitude 51.7747 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 20:05:38 / 8:05 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us60007hq0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak020124yqk4, us60007hq0.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twelve, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-eight 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.
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