A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Paonia in Colorado. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100040m7. Id of event: us100040m7. Exact location of event, longitude -107.4744 West, latitude 38.91 North, depth = 1.01 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:22:34 / 8:22 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/11/15 / 2015-11-24 03:22:34 / November 24, 2015 @ 3:22 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.01 km (1 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Montrose (c. 19 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Glenwood Springs (c. 9 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Rifle (c. 9 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Delta (c. 8 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Aspen (c. 6 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rifle, Glenwood Springs, Aspen.
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 11 km ENE of Paonia, Colorado.
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Gary
Slept through it, but noticed lots of pictures hanging on the wall had to be straightened.
Brian
Which mine, operating or closed, bounced?