A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 21 km ENE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (13 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/01/20 / 2020-01-23 07:00:26 / January 23, 2020 @ 7:00 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us70007l4n. Ids that are associated to the event: ak020125j2nd, us70007l4n. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:00:26 / 9:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -177.8473 West, latitude 51.9395 North, depth = 10 km.
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-six, in the last 10 days ninety-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 21 km ENE of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska.
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