Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Hildale in Utah

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Hildale in Utah on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 14:47:17 / 2:47 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.07 km (6 miles). Event id: uu60159237. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: uu60159237. Exact location of event, depth 10.07 km, -112.8721667° West, 37.0523333° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/08/16 / 2016-08-23 20:47:17 / August 23, 2016 @ 8:47 pm.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ivins, Cedar City, Santa Clara (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Saint George (c. 72 900 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Cedar City (c. 28 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Washington (c. 18 800 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Hurricane (c. 13 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ivins (c. 6 800 pop).

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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km ENE of Hildale, Utah. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-112.8721667° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.0523333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.07 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10km ENE of Hildale, Utah	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-08-23 20:47:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-08-23 21:03:03	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		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	reviewed	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	121	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	20	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.0537	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.24 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	122	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	uu60159237	Id of event.
Event Code	60159237	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uu60159237,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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