A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Caliente in Nevada. Unique identifier: nn00588166. Ids that are associated to the event: nn00588166. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.2 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -114.4982 West, latitude 37.4442 North, depth = 17.2 km. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:39:37 / 11:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/05/17 / 2017-05-07 07:39:37 / May 7, 2017 @ 7:39 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ivins (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Ivins (c. 6 800 pop).
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 18 km S of Caliente, Nevada.
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