A minor earthquake magnitude 3.31 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Enterprise in Utah. Global time and date of event 13/04/16 / 2016-04-13 23:42:27 / April 13, 2016 @ 11:42 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.31-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:42:27 / 5:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -113.9426651° West, latitude 37.4898338° North, depth = 5.69 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.69 km (4 miles). Unique identifier: uu60145247. Ids that are associated to the event: uu60145247.
The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Saint George (c. 72 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Cedar City (c. 28 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Washington (c. 18 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Mesquite (c. 15 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Hurricane (c. 13 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cedar City, Mesquite, Hurricane (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 seventeen 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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