A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Rangely in Colorado on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: uu60254782. Id of event: uu60254782. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/10/17 / 2017-10-26 17:37:01 / October 26, 2017 @ 5:37 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -108.8123333 West, latitude 40.1328333 North, depth = 10.61 km. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:37:01 / 10:37 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.61 km (7 miles).
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Vernal (c. 9 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vernal (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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