A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Duchesne in Utah on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 14.24 km, -110.6474991° West, 40.4863319° North. 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 14.24 km (9 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:01:07 / 7:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/05/16 / 2016-05-25 13:01:07 / May 25, 2016 @ 1:01 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: uu60149217. Id of event: uu60149217.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Orem, Evanston, Provo. Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Provo (c. 112 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Orem (c. 88 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Springville (c. 29 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Evanston (c. 12 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Heber (c. 9 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Mapleton (c. 8 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 41 km NNW of Duchesne, Utah.
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