A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Thermopolis in Wyoming on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -107.457 West, latitude 43.5212 North, depth = 15.32 km. The temblor was picked up at 11:24:07 / 11:24 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: mb80267569, us1000az7z. Id of event: us1000az7z. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.32 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/10/17 / 2017-10-31 18:24:07 / October 31, 2017 @ 6:24 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Worland. Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Worland (c. 5 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 62 km ESE of Thermopolis, Wyoming. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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