Minor earthquake: M3.59 quake has struck near Green River in Wyoming

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.59 (ml/mb) was reported 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Green River in Wyoming on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 16:14:23 / 4:14 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/07/16 / 2016-07-02 22:14:23 / July 2, 2016 @ 10:14 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -109.9428329 West, latitude 41.6805 North, depth = -2.8 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -2.8 km (-2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: uu60154777. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: uu60154777.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rock Springs, Green River. The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Rock Springs (c. 23 000 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Green River (c. 12 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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.

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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 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: 43 km WNW of Green River, Wyoming.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.59 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-109.9428329° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.6805° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	-2.8 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	43km WNW of Green River, Wyoming	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-07-02 22:14:23	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-07-02 22:20:26	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.71	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	automatic	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	198	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	uu	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,uu,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	61	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.299	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.84 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	74	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	uu60154777	Id of event.
Event Code	60154777	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uu60154777,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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