A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Canton in Mississippi. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -90.0843 West, latitude 32.5586 North, depth = 5 km. Unique identifier: us10002mc3. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002mc3. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:23:01 / 8:23 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/06/15 / 2015-06-29 13:23:01 / June 29, 2015 @ 1:23 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (19 miles) from Jackson (c. 173 500 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Clinton (c. 25 200 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Pearl (c. 25 100 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Madison (c. 24 100 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Ridgeland (c. 24 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicksburg, Kosciusko, Crystal Springs (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 7 km SW of Canton, Mississippi.
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