A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Monroe in Utah on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.25 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -112.2645° West, 38.5645° North, depth 3.25 km. Id of earthquake: uu60307772. Event ids that are associated: us2000ivti, uu60307772. The temblor was reported at 22:01:03 / 10:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/12/18 / 2018-12-21 05:01:03 / December 21, 2018 @ 5:01 am UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Richfield (c. 7 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Richfield (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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 two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 2 km NNE of Monroe, Utah.
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