A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Willard in Utah on Thursday. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:28:59 / 9:28 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us60008ats. Unique identifier: us60008ats. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/03/20 / 2020-03-06 04:28:59 / March 6, 2020 @ 4:28 am. Exact location of event, longitude -112.3193 West, latitude 41.439 North, depth = 5 km.
The epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Ogden (c. 82 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Layton (c. 67 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Logan (c. 48 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Bountiful (c. 42 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Roy (c. 36 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was North Salt Lake, Woods Cross, Bountiful (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 23 km W of Willard, Utah.
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