A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.35 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 15 km ESE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (9 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.75 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/01/20 / 2020-01-23 05:57:32 / January 23, 2020 @ 5:57 am UTC/GMT. The 3.35-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:57:32 / 7:57 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: av62127161. Id of event: av62127161. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.9286667 West, latitude 51.8528333 North, depth = 4.75 km.
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 twenty-four, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-nine 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km ESE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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