A minor earthquake magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Panguitch in Utah on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 20:07:47 / 8:07 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of -1.07 km (-1 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/09/19 / 2019-09-12 03:07:47 / September 12, 2019 @ 3:07 am. Unique identifier: uu60340867. Ids that are associated to the event: uu60340867, us70005f8j. Exact location of event, depth -1.07 km, -112.4925003° West, 37.8708344° North.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cedar City, Enoch (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Cedar City (c. 28 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Enoch (c. 5 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
Did you feel the quake?
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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 7 km NW of Panguitch, Utah.
Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply