A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Saint Johns in Arizona on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude -109.441 West, latitude 34.7142 North, depth = 5 km. Unique identifier: us60005m48. Ids that are associated to the event: us60005m48. The temblor was picked up at 00:12:59 / 12:12 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Global time and date of event 23/09/19 / 2019-09-23 07:12:59 / September 23, 2019 @ 7:12 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Show Low (c. 10 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Zuni Pueblo (c. 6 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Snowflake (c. 5 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Holbrook (c. 5 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Show Low, Holbrook, Zuni Pueblo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 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 one 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 quakes in the world each year.
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