A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 35 km SW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (22 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak13606136, us20005xv7. Unique identifier: us20005xv7. The temblor was reported at 03:54:16 / 3:54 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.2 km (8 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/05/16 / 2016-05-25 12:54:16 / May 25, 2016 @ 12:54 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 13.2 km, -178.5192° West, 51.6656° North.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 35 km SW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.
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