A minor earthquake magnitude 3.45 (ml/mb) strikes 24 km ESE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (15 miles) on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: av62127181. Unique identifier: av62127181. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.76 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -177.7886667° West, 51.8331667° North, depth 4.76 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/01/20 / 2020-01-23 06:04:41 / January 23, 2020 @ 6:04 am. The 3.45-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:04:41 / 8:04 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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