A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Kachina Village in Arizona on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude -111.7463 West, latitude 35.0054 North, depth = 5 km. The temblor was reported at 21:23:44 / 9:23 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003pg0. Id of event: us20003pg0. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/09/15 / 2015-09-27 04:23:44 / September 27, 2015 @ 4:23 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Flagstaff (c. 65 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Prescott Valley (c. 38 800 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Verde Village (c. 11 600 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from West Sedona (c. 11 300 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Cottonwood (c. 11 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chino Valley, Prescott Valley, Paulden (min 5000 pop).
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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km SSW of Kachina Village, Arizona. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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Kim Wolin
Felt it in Mountainaire. The couch I was laying on shook briefly.