A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 48 km NW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (30 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/08/15 / 2015-08-19 18:55:19 / August 19, 2015 @ 6:55 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: ak11681517. Unique identifier: ak11681517. The temblor was reported at 06:55:19 / 6:55 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 197.6 km (123 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -178.5778° West, 52.2277° North, depth 197.6 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 48 km NW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.
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