A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Caruthersville in Missouri. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/12/16 / 2016-12-02 10:16:39 / December 2, 2016 @ 10:16 am. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:16:39 / 4:16 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: nm60140867. Ids that are associated to the event: nm60140867. Exact location of event, longitude -89.6568333 West, latitude 36.1803333 North, depth = 8.7 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.7 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Paragould, Martin, Brownsville (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Paragould (c. 26 100 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Dyersburg (c. 17 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Blytheville (c. 15 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Martin (c. 11 500 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Kennett (c. 10 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 1 km S of Caruthersville, Missouri. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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