A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 28 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (17 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak019frkr732, us60006plk. Id of event: us60006plk. Exact location, longitude -178.2397° West, latitude 51.6368° North, depth = 24.4 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.4 km (15 miles). The 3.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:18:31 / 9:18 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/19 / 2019-12-09 19:18:31 / December 9, 2019 @ 7:18 pm.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km SSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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