A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 35 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (22 miles) on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/12/19 / 2019-12-09 19:18:29 / December 9, 2019 @ 7:18 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ak019frkr732. Ids that are associated to the event: ak019frkr732. Exact location of earthquake, -178.3741° West, 51.5989° North, depth 5 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:18:29 / 9:18 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 35 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.
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