A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Echuca in Australia. Exact location of event, longitude 144.2409 East, latitude -35.9718 South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us2000gc5e. Event ids that are associated: us2000gc5e. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/07/18 / 2018-07-23 13:48:30 / July 23, 2018 @ 1:48 pm. The temblor was picked up at 23:48:30 / 11:48 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Australia (c. 21 516 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Echuca (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Echuca (c. 19 500 pop).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 49 km WNW of Echuca, Australia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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