A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.66 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Parowan in Utah. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/10/18 / 2018-10-30 08:15:17 / October 30, 2018 @ 8:15 am. Exact location of event, longitude -112.8116684 West, latitude 38.0536652 North, depth = 10.06 km. The 3.66-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:15:17 / 1:15 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: uu60303007. Ids that are associated to the event: uu60303007, us1000hiy6. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.06 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cedar City, Enoch (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Cedar City (c. 28 900 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Enoch (c. 5 800 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 23 km N of Parowan, Utah. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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