A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Eutaw in Alabama on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/06/15 / 2015-06-30 06:44:07 / June 30, 2015 @ 6:44 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us10002mia. Unique identifier: us10002mia. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The temblor was picked up at 01:44:07 / 1:44 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -88.0469° West, latitude 32.9691° North, depth = 5 km.
The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Tuscaloosa (c. 90 500 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Columbus (c. 23 600 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Northport (c. 23 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Demopolis (c. 7 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Columbus, Demopolis, Northport (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 20 km NW of Eutaw, Alabama.
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