A minor earthquake magnitude 3.99 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Milford in Utah. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -112.8808365 West, latitude 38.2960014 North, depth = -1.31 km. Unique identifier: uu60356907. Ids that are associated to the event: uu60356907. The temblor was picked up at 19:31:11 / 7:31 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 17/01/20 / 2020-01-17 02:31:11 / January 17, 2020 @ 2:31 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -1.31 km (-1 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Richfield, Cedar City, Enoch. Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Cedar City (c. 28 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Richfield (c. 7 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Enoch (c. 5 800 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km SE of Milford, Utah. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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