A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.94 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Magna in Utah on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -112.0813333° West, latitude 40.747° North, depth = 8.53 km. Event id: uu60020254. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: uu60020254. The 3.94-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:10:08 / 6:10 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.53 km (5 miles). Global time and date of event 18/03/20 / 2020-03-18 13:10:08 / March 18, 2020 @ 1:10 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santaquin, Brigham City, Salem. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Salt Lake City (c. 186 400 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from West Valley City (c. 129 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Provo (c. 112 500 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from West Jordan (c. 103 700 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Sandy Hills (c. 89 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Orem (c. 88 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days twenty-eight 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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