A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 32 km SSE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (20 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -177.9701 West, latitude 51.6165 North, depth = 34 km. The temblor was reported at 08:15:52 / 8:15 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/12/16 / 2016-12-07 18:15:52 / December 7, 2016 @ 6:15 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak14669438. Unique identifier: ak14669438.
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 seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 32 km SSE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.
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