A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Hildale in Utah on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/04/20 / 2020-04-09 06:42:25 / April 9, 2020 @ 6:42 am. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:42:25 / 11:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -112.8994 West, latitude 37.0332 North, depth = 10.65 km. Event id: us70008s7r. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008s7r. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.65 km (7 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cedar City, Ivins, Santa Clara. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Saint George (c. 72 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Cedar City (c. 28 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Washington (c. 18 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hurricane (c. 13 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ivins (c. 6 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km ENE of Hildale, Utah. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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