Minor earthquake, 2.96 mag has occurred near Gillette in Wyoming

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was reported 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Gillette in Wyoming on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -106.0371667 West, latitude 44.156 North, depth = 6.25 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.25 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 23:39:49 / 11:39 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/09/16 / 2016-09-27 05:39:49 / September 27, 2016 @ 5:39 am. Unique identifier: mb80176294. Ids that are associated to the event: mb80176294.

Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Gillette (c. 29 100 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gillette.

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 45 km WSW of Gillette, Wyoming. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.96 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-106.0371667° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	44.156° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.25 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	45km WSW of Gillette, Wyoming	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-09-27 05:39:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-09-29 23:14:10	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	135	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	mb	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,mb,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	17	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.441	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.45 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	110	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	mb80176294	Id of event.
Event Code	80176294	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,mb80176294,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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