A minor earthquake magnitude 3.93 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Panguitch in Utah on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 10.67 km, -112.4325° West, 37.8093333° North. Event id: uu60116197. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: uu60116197, us10002nek. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.67 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/07/15 / 2015-07-04 16:00:04 / July 4, 2015 @ 4:00 pm. The 3.93-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:00:04 / 10:00 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cedar City, Enoch. Event epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Cedar City (c. 28 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Enoch (c. 5 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 has struck near.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 2 km S of Panguitch, Utah.
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