A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Hoback in Wyoming. Exact location of earthquake, -110.3129° West, 43.2299° North, depth 9.99 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 9.99 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us20006umx. Event ids that are associated: us20006umx. Global time and date of event 27/08/16 / 2016-08-27 20:47:47 / August 27, 2016 @ 8:47 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:47:47 / 2:47 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jackson (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Jackson (c. 9 600 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 38 km E of Hoback, Wyoming. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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