A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Harrison in Arkansas on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -92.9964981 West, latitude 36.373333 North, depth = 7.67 km. Event id: nm60171697. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nm60171697, us20009mwl. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.67 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 20:28:27 / 8:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/06/17 / 2017-06-16 02:28:27 / June 16, 2017 @ 2:28 am UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Ozark (c. 17 800 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Harrison (c. 12 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Mountain Home (c. 12 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Branson (c. 10 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Berryville (c. 5 400 pop). Nearby 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 Ozark, Mountain Home, Berryville.
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 18 km NNE of Harrison, Arkansas.
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