A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Rangely in Colorado on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/12/17 / 2017-12-12 23:44:53 / December 12, 2017 @ 11:44 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -108.7866° West, 40.1255° North, depth 5 km. Unique identifier: us2000c3p0. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000c3p0. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The temblor was reported at 16:44:53 / 4:44 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vernal (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Vernal (c. 9 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km NNE of Rangely, Colorado. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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