A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Wellton in Arizona on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: us70004p5z. Unique identifier: us70004p5z. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.69 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 9.69 km, -114.0022° West, 32.031° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/07/19 / 2019-07-19 17:48:33 / July 19, 2019 @ 5:48 pm. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:48:33 / 10:48 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) from Fortuna Foothills (c. 26 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna Foothills (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 72 km S of Wellton, Arizona.
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