A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Dorking in United Kingdom. Unique identifier: us2000jpea. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jpea. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/02/19 / 2019-02-27 03:42:21 / February 27, 2019 @ 3:42 am. Exact location, longitude -0.2763° West, latitude 51.2272° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 03:42:21 / 3:42 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, United Kingdom (c. 62 348 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from London (c. 7 556 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from City of London (c. 7 556 900 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Islington (c. 319 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Reading (c. 244 100 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Bexley (c. 228 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Stansted, Faversham, Leighton Buzzard (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 3 km E of Dorking, United Kingdom.
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