A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 47 km S of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (29 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, -178.169° West, 51.4605° North, depth 18.1 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18.1 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak11769699. Unique identifier: ak11769699. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/11/15 / 2015-11-04 02:52:00 / November 4, 2015 @ 2:52 am. The temblor was reported at 16:52:00 / 4:52 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 47 km S of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.
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