A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 49 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (30 miles) on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.481 West, latitude 51.494 North, depth = 16 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:24:27 / 2:24 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/09/16 / 2016-09-16 23:24:27 / September 16, 2016 @ 11:24 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10006r8y. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak13995882, us10006r8y.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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