A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Hollandale in Mississippi. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j1je. Unique identifier: us2000j1je. Global time and date of event 08/01/19 / 2019-01-08 22:26:31 / January 8, 2019 @ 10:26 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 16:26:31 / 4:26 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -90.9387 West, latitude 33.223 North, depth = 5 km.
Event epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Greenville (c. 34 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Greenwood (c. 15 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Cleveland (c. 12 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Yazoo City (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Indianola (c. 10 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Greenwood, Yazoo City, Cleveland (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 have been detected in the same area. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 9 km NW of Hollandale, Mississippi.
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