A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Old Faithful Geyser in Wyoming on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, -110.3996658° West, 44.1204987° North, depth 5.27 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: uu60335597. Id of event: uu60335597. The 3.29-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:46:39 / 12:46 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.27 km (3 miles). Global time and date of event 15/08/19 / 2019-08-15 19:46:39 / August 15, 2019 @ 7:46 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jackson (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Jackson (c. 9 600 pop).
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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 50 km SE of Old Faithful Geyser, Wyoming. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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