A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Thermopolis in Wyoming. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:51:18 / 9:51 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/09/15 / 2015-09-03 03:51:18 / September 3, 2015 @ 3:51 am. Exact location of event, depth -3.1 km, -108.2811667° West, 43.4298333° North. Unique identifier: mb80096339. Ids that are associated to the event: mb80096339. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -3.1 km (-2 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lander, Worland, Riverton (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 46 km (28 miles) from Riverton (c. 10 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Lander (c. 7 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Worland (c. 5 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days 0 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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