A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 17 km ESE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (11 miles) on Tuesday. Unique identifier: ak15142411. Ids that are associated to the event: ak15142411. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/01/17 / 2017-01-24 10:24:54 / January 24, 2017 @ 10:24 am. Exact location of event, depth 4.9 km, -177.8964° West, 51.8427° North. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:24:54 / 12:24 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 4.9 km (3 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 17 km ESE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.
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