Earthquake: M 3.15 quake strikes near Nephi in Utah

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.15 (mg/mb) was reported Sunday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Nephi in Utah. The temblor was reported at 11:56:46 / 11:56 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 0.95 km (1 miles). Global time of event 2014-12-29 06:56:46 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -112.0049973 West, latitude 39.6633339 North, depth 0.95 km.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Provo (c. 112 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Orem (c. 88 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Spanish Fork (c. 34 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Springville (c. 29 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Eagle Mountain (c. 21 400 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lindon, Saratoga Springs, Orem.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.15 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-112.0049973° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.6633339° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0.95 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	15km WSW of Nephi, Utah	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2014-12-29 06:56:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2014-12-29 07:00:58	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-420	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	automatic	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami		This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	153	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	uu	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	uu	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap		The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	uu60096897	Id of event.
Event Code	60096897	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	uu60096897	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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