A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 33 km WSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (21 miles) on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 10:26:07 / 10:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/05/17 / 2017-05-05 20:26:07 / May 5, 2017 @ 8:26 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: ak15927275. Unique identifier: ak15927275. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.5768 West, latitude 51.7512 North, depth = 3.2 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.2 km (2 miles).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 33 km WSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.
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