A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 34 km SW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (21 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.4 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -178.45 West, latitude 51.6407 North, depth = 16.4 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/05/17 / 2017-05-09 07:55:43 / May 9, 2017 @ 7:55 am. Unique identifier: us10008v36. Ids that are associated to the event: ak16006540, us10008v36. The temblor was detected at 21:55:43 / 9:55 pm (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and two, in the last 10 days three hundred and seventy-one, in the past 30 days three hundred and seventy-six and in the last 365 days five hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km SW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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