A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Flomaton in Alabama on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:11:00 / 2:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 9 km, -87.219° West, 31.0757° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/04/19 / 2019-04-11 20:11:00 / April 11, 2019 @ 8:11 pm. Unique identifier: us700034pm. Ids that are associated to the event: us700034pm.
The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from East Pensacola Heights (c. 54 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Pensacola (c. 51 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ferry Pass (c. 28 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Cantonment (c. 26 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Bellview (c. 23 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Warrington, Robertsdale, Andalusia (min 5000 pop).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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