A minor earthquake magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Ridgely in Tennessee on Monday. The temblor was reported at 05:06:20 / 5:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 6.63 km, -89.4438333° West, 36.2716667° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/10/18 / 2018-10-22 11:06:20 / October 22, 2018 @ 11:06 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.63 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: nm60216622. Event ids that are associated: us1000hfk6, nm60216622.
Epicenter of the event was 27 km (17 miles) from Dyersburg (c. 17 100 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Sikeston (c. 16 300 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Blytheville (c. 15 600 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Martin (c. 11 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Kennett (c. 10 900 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Osceola, Brownsville, Dexter.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 5 km E of Ridgely, Tennessee.
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