A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Green River in Wyoming on Friday. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:00:28 / 1:00 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: uu60313972. Unique identifier: uu60313972. Exact location of event, longitude -109.7438333 West, latitude 41.6956667 North, depth = -3.15 km. Global time and date of event 22/02/19 / 2019-02-22 20:00:28 / February 22, 2019 @ 8:00 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of -3.15 km (-2 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 47 km (29 miles) from Rock Springs (c. 23 000 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Green River (c. 12 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rock Springs, Green River.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days 0 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 29 km NW of Green River, Wyoming.
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