A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Jackson in Wyoming. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/02/16 / 2016-02-26 23:00:39 / February 26, 2016 @ 11:00 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -110.3941° West, latitude 43.5086° North, depth = 5 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:00:39 / 4:00 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us10004t1f. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004t1f, mb80126714.
Event epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Jackson (c. 9 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jackson.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 29 km E of Jackson, Wyoming.
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