A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Lilbourn in Missouri. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.44 km (3 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/11/15 / 2015-11-25 06:50:45 / November 25, 2015 @ 6:50 am. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:50:45 / 12:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -89.6083298 West, latitude 36.5421677 North, depth = 4.44 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nm60096427. Id of event: nm60096427.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Dyersburg (c. 17 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Poplar Bluff (c. 17 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Sikeston (c. 16 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Blytheville (c. 15 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Martin (c. 11 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blytheville, Poplar Bluff, Martin (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 5 km S of Lilbourn, Missouri.
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