A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Fillmore in Utah. Event id: uu60291747. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: uu60291747, us1000g4q0. The temblor was reported at 03:06:25 / 3:06 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/08/18 / 2018-08-07 10:06:25 / August 7, 2018 @ 10:06 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.39 km (0 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -112.7361667 West, latitude 38.7661667 North, depth = 0.39 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Richfield. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Richfield (c. 7 600 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 42 km WSW of Fillmore, Utah.
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