A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Old Faithful Geyser in Wyoming. All ids that are associated to the event: uu60335597, us600055kt. Unique identifier: us600055kt. Exact location of event, longitude -110.3997 West, latitude 44.1205 North, depth = 5.27 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.27 km (3 miles). The temblor was reported at 12:46:39 / 12:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 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). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Jackson (c. 9 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jackson (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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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