A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 36 km SW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (22 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:54:16 / 3:54 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.8 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.4788 West, latitude 51.6316 North, depth = 4.8 km. Unique identifier: ak13606136. Ids that are associated to the event: ak13606136. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/05/16 / 2016-05-25 12:54:16 / May 25, 2016 @ 12:54 pm.
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 36 km SW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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