A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Panguitch in Utah on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/04/16 / 2016-04-26 14:52:44 / April 26, 2016 @ 2:52 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Event id: us10005bmd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005bmd. Exact location, longitude -112.5146° West, latitude 37.9042° North, depth = 5 km. The temblor was reported at 08:52:44 / 8:52 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (34 miles) from Cedar City (c. 28 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Enoch (c. 5 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cedar City, Enoch. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 NW of Panguitch, Utah. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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