Minor earthquake, 2.91 mag was detected near Tiptonville in Tennessee

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Tiptonville in Tennessee on Friday. Event id: nm60202876. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nm60202876. The temblor was detected at 11:20:42 / 11:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -89.5703354 West, latitude 36.4544983 North, depth = 9.91 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.91 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 21/07/17 / 2017-07-21 17:20:42 / July 21, 2017 @ 5:20 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blytheville, Martin, Charleston (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Dyersburg (c. 17 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Sikeston (c. 16 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Blytheville (c. 15 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Martin (c. 11 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Kennett (c. 10 900 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 12 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.91 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-89.5703354° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.4544983° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.91 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-07-21 17:20:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-07-21 17:26:54	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	130	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	nm	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,nm,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	35	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.04671	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.16 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	36	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	nm60202876	Id of event.
Event Code	60202876	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nm60202876,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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